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

单词

alchymies

释义

alchemy or alchymy /alˈki-mi or -kə-/

noun

The infant stage of chemistry, aimed chiefly towards transmuting of other metals into gold, and discovering the elixir of life
A transmuting power (figurative)
A gold-like substance (eg brass) (obsolete)
A trumpet made of it (obsolete)

ORIGIN: Ar al-kīmīā, from al the, and kīmīā, from late Gr chēmeiā, chymeiā, variously explained as the Egyptian art (Khēmiā ‘black-land’ or Egypt, from the Egyptian name), the art of Chymēs (its supposed inventor), or the art of pouring (chyma fluid; cf cheein to pour)

alchemic /-kemˈik/ or alchemˈical adjective

alˈchemist noun

alˈchemize or alˈchemise transitive verb

To transmute
To change by alchemy

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