单词 | philosopher |
释义 | philosopher n.   1. a person engaged or learned in philosophy or a branch of it.   2. a person who lives by philosophy.   3. a person who shows philosophic calmness in trying circumstances. Phrases and idioms philosophers' (or philosopher's) stone the supreme object of alchemy, a substance supposed to change other metals into gold or silver. Etymology: ME f. AF philosofre var. of OF, philosophe f. L philosophus f. Gk philosophos (as PHILO-, sophos wise) |
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