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单词 alembic
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•lem•bic  (ə lem′bik),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Chemistry, Ceramicsa vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
  2. anything that transforms, purifies, or refines.
  • Greek ámbix cup
  • dialect, dialectal Arabic al the anbīq still
  • Medieval Latin alambicus
  • Middle English, variant of alambic 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alembic /əˈlɛmbɪk/ n
  1. an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
  2. anything that distils or purifies
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin alembicum, from Arabic al-anbīq the still, from Greek ambix cup
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