alchemy

英 [ˈælkəmi]

美 [ˈælkəmi]

n. 炼金术(见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金); (改变事物的)神秘力量，魔力

BNC.22179 / COCA.17003

牛津词典

noun

炼金术（见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金）
a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold
（改变事物的）神秘力量，魔力
a mysterious power or magic that can change things

炼金术；炼丹术
Alchemywas a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
N-UNCOUNT （改变事物的）魔力
Alchemyis the power to change or create things in a way which seems mysterious and magical.
1. 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。

noun

a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
the way two individuals relate to each other
1. their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other
2. a mysterious alchemy brought them together
Synonym:chemistryinterpersonal chemistry

Golden dreams are filled with magic and alchemy.
金色梦想充满了魔力和魔法。
Jung felt that alchemy was the connection between the ancient world of the Gnostics and the modern era, which would see the return of sophia.
容格感觉到炼金术是古代诺斯替世界和现代纪元两者之间的媒介，也将看到了索菲娅的回归。
I could make an Alchemy skill check. Silence.
我会做一个炼金术技能检定。安静。
We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.
我们知道炼金术把铜变成金。
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。
Roy: You can study alchemy as you wish, or work in the assembly, being a captain.
罗伊：自由研究炼金术，或是你可以决定到军部工作，等级是少校。
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。
Thus, the elements would be interconvertible, so this idea was a precursor to alchemy.
从而，元素是可以互相转化的，这样的思想是炼金术的先驱。
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”。
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。