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

I am not certain why, but for me the alchemy works.
我对原因并不确定，但对我而言，魔法灵验了。
Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.
炼金术为现代化学铺了路。
Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical.
秘术的与秘术有关的，尤指炼金术；魔术的。
Love unites alchemy and magic into new sequences to be dreamt that bridge upon ecstasy.
爱会将魔力和魔法统一到过渡到出神极乐的全新序列当中，使之得以造梦。
One element of this alchemy is time, which therefore plays a substantial role in his works.
这种炼金术的要素之一是时间，因而时间在吴季聪的作品中发挥着重要作用。
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。
The Black Crow sometimes also the Raven is the beginning of the great work of soul alchemy.
黑乌鸦在灵魂炼金术伟大工作的开头表现为大乌鸦。
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”。
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。
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。