英语词汇“alchemy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

al•che•my n. [uncountable]

a form of chemistry of the Middle Ages that tried to discover an elixir of life and a method for changing ordinary metals into gold.
any seemingly magical process of changing something ordinary into something superior.

al•che•mist, n. [countable]

al•che•my n., pl. -mies for 2.

a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.

Greek kēmeía transmutation; replacing Middle English alconomye, equivalent. to alk(imie) + (astr)onomye astronomy
Arabic al the + kīmiyā'
Medieval Latin alchymia
Old French alquemie
1325–1375; earlier alchimie

al•chem•ic al•chem′i•cal, al•che•mis•tic al′che•mis′ti•cal, adj. al•chem′i•cal•ly, adv.

alchemy /ˈælkəmɪ/ n ( pl -mies)

the pseudoscientific predecessor of chemistry that sought a method of transmuting base metals into gold, an elixir to prolong life indefinitely, a panacea or universal remedy, and an alkahest or universal solvent
a power like that of alchemy: her beauty had a potent alchemy

Etymology: 14th Century alkamye, via Old French from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al the + kīmiyā' transmutation, from Late Greek khēmeia the art of transmutation

alchemic /ælˈkɛmɪk/, alˈchemical, ˌalchemˈistic adj

单词	alchemy
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 al•che•my /ˈælkəmi/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] a form of chemistry of the Middle Ages that tried to discover an elixir of life and a method for changing ordinary metals into gold. any seemingly magical process of changing something ordinary into something superior. al•che•mist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 al•che•my (al′kə mē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mies for 2. a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life. any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Greek kēmeía transmutation; replacing Middle English alconomye, equivalent. to alk(imie) + (astr)onomye astronomy Arabic al the + kīmiyā' Medieval Latin alchymia Old French alquemie 1325–1375; earlier alchimie al•chem•ic (al kem′ik),USA pronunciation al•chem′i•cal, al•che•mis•tic (al′kə mis′tik),USA pronunciation al′che•mis′ti•cal, adj. al•chem′i•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: alchemy /ˈælkəmɪ/ n ( pl -mies) the pseudoscientific predecessor of chemistry that sought a method of transmuting base metals into gold, an elixir to prolong life indefinitely, a panacea or universal remedy, and an alkahest or universal solvent a power like that of alchemy: her beauty had a potent alchemy Etymology: 14th Century alkamye, via Old French from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al the + kīmiyā' transmutation, from Late Greek khēmeia the art of transmutation alchemic /ælˈkɛmɪk/, alˈchemical, ˌalchemˈistic adj
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