alchemists
alchemists — 名詞
- alchemistssingular
- alchemistsesplural
1. people who lived in earlier centuries and practiced an early kind of chemistry,
煉金術士
中世紀試圖將金屬變為黃金的人
people who lived in earlier centuries and practiced an early kind of chemistry, trying to turn common metals such as lead into gold and discover the secret to eternal life
Medieval alchemists spent years trying to turn lead into gold in their hidden laboratories.
中世紀的煉金術士花了好幾年時間，試圖在他們隱密的實驗室裡把鉛變成黃金。
collocation: turn lead into gold
Kabir read a book about the unusual tools and symbols that alchemists used.
Kabir 讀了一本關於煉金術士使用的特殊工具和符號的書。
Some early alchemists discovered important chemical processes while searching for an elixir of life.
一些早期的煉金術士在尋找長生不老藥的過程中，發現了重要的化學方法。
Yara learned that alchemists in China developed their own traditions separate from European alchemy.
Yara 了解到，中國的煉金術士發展出與歐洲煉金術不同的獨特傳統。
用法筆記
Alchemists were active mainly from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. The word is sometimes used figuratively today for anyone who seems to transform things in a mysterious or impressive way.