英汉词典

alchemy 基本解释

• n. 点金术；魔力

alchemy 词态变化

alchemy 中文词源

来自阿拉伯语。al, 阿拉伯定冠词. 词根chem, 注入，同词根found, 注入，见confound，困惑的。现代化学由炼金术发展而来。

alchemy 英文词源

alchemy

alchemy: [14] Alchemy comes, via Old French alkemie and medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic alkīmīā. Broken down into its component parts, this represents Arabic al ‘the’ and kīmīā, a word borrowed by Arabic from Greek khēmíā ‘alchemy’ – that is, the art of transmuting base metals into gold. (It has been suggested that khēmīā is the same word as Khēmīā, the ancient name for Egypt, on the grounds that alchemy originated in Egypt, but it seems more likely that it derives from Greek khūmós ‘fluid’ – source of English chyme [17] – itself based on the verb khein ‘pour’).

Modern English chemistry comes not directly from Greek khēmíā, but from alchemy, with the loss of the first syllable.
=> chemistry, chyme

alchemy (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French alchimie (14c.), alquemie (13c.), from Medieval Latin alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Greek khemeioa (found c.300 C.E. in a decree of Diocletian against "the old writings of the Egyptians"), all meaning "alchemy." Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, literally "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Greek khymatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour," related to khymos "juice, sap" [Klein, citing W. Muss-Arnolt, calls this folk etymology]. The word seems to have elements of both origins.

Mahn ... concludes, after an elaborate investigation, that Gr. khymeia was probably the original, being first applied to pharmaceutical chemistry, which was chiefly concerned with juices or infusions of plants; that the pursuits of the Alexandrian alchemists were a subsequent development of chemical study, and that the notoriety of these may have caused the name of the art to be popularly associated with the ancient name of Egypt. [OED]

The al- is the Arabic definite article, "the." The art and the name were adopted by the Arabs from Alexandrians and thence returned to Europe via Spain. Alchemy was the "chemistry" of the Middle Ages and early modern times; since c. 1600 the word has been applied distinctively to the pursuit of the transmutation of baser metals into gold, which, along with the search for the universal solvent and the panacea, were the chief occupations of early chemistry.

alchemy 英文释义

1. a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

2. the way two individuals relate to each other;

"their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"

"a mysterious alchemy brought them together"

alchemy 双语例句

1. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.

理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。

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2. What spurred them on was alchemy, the'science " of changing ordinary metals into gold.

激励他们的是炼金术, 即把普通金属变为金子的 “ 科学 ”.

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3. Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.

在中世纪,宗教和炼金术密切相联.

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4. Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.

让我们想象通过某种政治魔力能使人人平等。

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5. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.

炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。

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alchemy 实用场景例句

Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.

理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。

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What spurred them on was alchemy, the'science " of changing ordinary metals into gold.

激励他们的是炼金术, 即把普通金属变为金子的 “ 科学 ”.

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Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.

在中世纪,宗教和炼金术密切相联.

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Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.

让我们想象通过某种政治魔力能使人人平等。

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One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.

炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。

辞典例句

Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.

炼金术为现代化学铺了路.

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This statement is the fundamental axiom that distinguished chemistry from alchemy.

这个论述是化学区别于炼金术的基本定律.

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Astrology and alchemy are occult sciences.

占星学和炼丹术为神秘之学.

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I'm convinced it was the product of a subtle magic, the alchemy of moonlight.

我相信这一切都是不可思议的魔力--月光炼金术的效果.

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In Chinese Mythology, Laojun was in charge of alchemy.

在中国神话里, 太上老君专职修炼仙丹.

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Week of Alchemy: Double income of Mercury and Sulfur from mines.

链金之周: 悉数水银矿与硫磺矿产量更加.

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Unsuccessful, attempts at alchemy will destroy recipe ingredients, but flasks will remain.

不成功的尝试会毁掉原料, 但是器皿会保留下来.

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Do you know whether he was interested in alchemy?

你知道他对炼金术是否感兴趣?

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Week of Alchemy: Double income of Mercury and ulfur from mines.

链金之周: 所有水银矿与硫磺矿产量加倍.

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Mercury was essential in the alchemy process to refine gold and silver.

在金银的提炼和镀金工艺中,汞的炼制是必不可少的.

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