alchemist
alchemist — 名詞
- alchemistsingular
- alchemistsplural
1. In medieval and Renaissance times, someone who practiced a tradition of science
煉金術士
研究中世紀煉金術的人
In medieval and Renaissance times, someone who practiced a tradition of science aimed at turning base metals like lead into gold and finding a universal cure for disease.
Amara read a story about an alchemist who tried to turn lead into gold.
Amara 讀了一則關於煉金術士的故事，這位煉金術士想辦法要把鉛變成黃金。
turn lead into gold — the classic goal of alchemy
The glass bottles on the shelf once belonged to a 17th-century alchemist.
架上那些玻璃瓶，原來屬於一位十七世紀的煉金術士。
Kwame said an alchemist did not just work with metals — many also studied plants.
Kwame 說煉金術士不只是處理金屬——很多人也研究植物。
Omar saw an old laboratory where an alchemist had mixed metals and herbs in clay pots.
Omar 看到一個老實驗室，煉金術士曾在陶罐裡混合金屬和藥草。
The alchemist Bao mixed lead with a green liquid and heated it, hoping to create gold.
煉金術士 Bao 把鉛和一種綠色液體混合加熱，希望能煉出黃金。
- sorcerer
A sorcerer is a magical figure in stories, while an alchemist was a real historical scientist whose methods were the roots of modern chemistry.
文法句型
countable noun
用法筆記
Often used to refer to people from medieval or Renaissance times, before modern chemistry existed. In modern English, the word can also be used figuratively for someone who seems to transform things in a mysterious or impressive way.