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alchemy

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n.炼金术,魔力

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alchemy


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n [U] medieval form of chemistry, the chief aim of which was to discover how to turn ordinary metals into gold 炼金术(中世纪化学, 其主要目的是寻求将普通金属转变成黄金的方法).

alchemy


n[U]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kimiya 'the alchemy', from Late Greek chemeia; CHEMOTHERAPY]
a science studied in the Middle Ages, that involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold
literary magic
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