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

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。
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。
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”。
And you craft command combinations that perform sheer alchemy on data.
并且您熟练地掌握了命令的组合，可以对数据进行复杂的操作。
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。
Forgiveness is a form of alchemy.
原谅是一种魔力。
I could make an Alchemy skill check. Silence.
我会做一个炼金术技能检定。安静。
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。
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。
Mediaeval Alchemy contained Gnostic elements.
中世纪炼金术包含诺斯替教的成分。