alchemists

英 [ˈælkɪmɪsts]

美 [ˈæltʃəmɪsts]

n.  炼金术士
alchemist的复数

柯林斯词典

• 炼金术士；炼丹术士
  Analchemistwas a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.

双语例句

• By the first half of the sixteenth century, the aim of the alchemists 'had changed from the making of gold to the making of medicines.
  到了十六世纪前半期，炼金术士的目标已经由制造黄金变为制造药物了。
• Philosopher's stone ( it was formerly believed by alchemists, would change any metal into gold)
  点金石（旧时炼金术士认为能使金属变成黄金的物质）。
• To the alchemists, gold was the embodiment of incorruptibility.
  对炼金术士来说，金子是正直廉洁的化身。
• The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.
  炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱。
• The work of trying to change less valuable metals into gold was called alchemy, and the men who did this work were alchemists.
  这种将不太贵重的金属变成金子的过程被称为炼金术，从事这行的人被称为炼金术士。
• Like the alchemists and the quacks, the risk modellers have created an industry whose intense technical debates with each other lead gullible outsiders to believe that this is a profession with genuine expertise.
  与炼金术士和江湖医生一样，风险模型设计者创造了一种行当。他们相互之间激烈的技术辩论让轻信的局外人相信，这是一个拥有真正专业技能的行业。
• The alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals.
  炼金术士是不会接受自然金属不可变化的性质的。
• Besides gold, there were two other things that alchemists tried to make in their laboratories.
  除了炼制金子之外，炼金术士们还试图获得另外的两样东西。
• The elements themselves were changing, which was something that had always been thought impossible by all but the old alchemists.
  这些元素本身也在变化，这一点除了古代炼金术士以外，人们一直认为不可能。
• Very gradually the activities of these alchemists became more social and cooperative.
  这些炼金术士的活动渐渐变得更社会化、合作化。