alchemists是什么意思？

alchemists

• n. 炼金术士( alchemist的名词复数 )；

例句

• The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today. 炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱.
• Alchemists searched in vain for this substance for several hundred years. 炼金术士探寻这种物质达数百年之久而终无所获.
• Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold. 中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金.
• The alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals. 炼金术士无法接受金属元素的属性不能改变这一事实.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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