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单词 alchemist
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Definition of alchemist in English:

alchemist

noun ˈalkəmɪstˈælkəməst
  • 1A person who practises alchemy.

    phosphorus was discovered by German alchemist Hennig Brand in 1669
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bacon disparages the legend of Artephius, 12th-century alchemist, "who when hee found his spirit ready to depart, drew into his Body the Spirit of a certaine young Man."
    • On the physical plane alone, these are miracles of the type pondered by occultists and alchemists.
    • Some alchemists spent their entire lives trying to discover the magic formula that would enable them to convert base metals into gold.
    • The alchemists were a fraternity of researchers devoted to converting lead into gold.
    • Recent findings have left many scientists sounding much like the alchemists, astrologists, and mystics who have long held this view of the universe.
    • The dishonesty of the alchemists was much discussed and condemned in the 14th century.
    • He was linked by marriage to the celebrated physician and alchemist Robert Fludd.
    • Fifteenth-century physician and alchemist Paracelsus said alchemy's role was developing medicines and extracts from healing plants.
    • Initially the substance was a mistrusted tool of alchemists.
    • This idea is what separated the early alchemists from twentieth-century initiates.
    1. 1.1 A person who transforms or creates something through a seemingly magical process.
      some highly imaginative tax shelters dreamed up by the accounting alchemists
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead he is modeling himself on the party's alchemist who rebuilt the welfare state and ran a budget surplus in a time of penury.
      • Truly, these recording alchemists weave straw into sonic gold.
      • It's Frankenstein-like, and this from a troop of one-time alchemists who made Auto-Tune sound like the best thing that ever happened to violins.
      • Wall Street alchemists are well-prepared to eschew these new measures and, in the process, undermine their intended purpose.
      • As a leader of the party, he was a wizard, a conjurer, a magician, an alchemist.
      • She is one of the compositional geniuses of our day, an alchemist who sculpts the raw and powerful forces of nature into a music at once stark and dramatic.
      • The famed British sculptor, still at work at 88, is a kind of alchemist, transmuting a range of materials and playing with our perceptions.
      • He is an alchemist, not an adapter, as one can see by comparing any of his plays with its base original.
      • A veteran DJ listened hard and found magic, effectively an alchemist of rhythm and melody.
      • It draws equally on techno hip-hop experimentation and Japanese collage-pop alchemists.

Definition of alchemist in US English:

alchemist

nounˈalkəməstˈælkəməst
  • 1A person who practices alchemy.

    phosphorus was discovered by German alchemist Hennig Brand in 1669
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The alchemists were a fraternity of researchers devoted to converting lead into gold.
    • He was linked by marriage to the celebrated physician and alchemist Robert Fludd.
    • This idea is what separated the early alchemists from twentieth-century initiates.
    • The dishonesty of the alchemists was much discussed and condemned in the 14th century.
    • Initially the substance was a mistrusted tool of alchemists.
    • On the physical plane alone, these are miracles of the type pondered by occultists and alchemists.
    • Bacon disparages the legend of Artephius, 12th-century alchemist, "who when hee found his spirit ready to depart, drew into his Body the Spirit of a certaine young Man."
    • Some alchemists spent their entire lives trying to discover the magic formula that would enable them to convert base metals into gold.
    • Fifteenth-century physician and alchemist Paracelsus said alchemy's role was developing medicines and extracts from healing plants.
    • Recent findings have left many scientists sounding much like the alchemists, astrologists, and mystics who have long held this view of the universe.
    1. 1.1 A person who transforms or creates something through a seemingly magical process.
      some highly imaginative tax shelters dreamed up by the accounting alchemists
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a leader of the party, he was a wizard, a conjurer, a magician, an alchemist.
      • She is one of the compositional geniuses of our day, an alchemist who sculpts the raw and powerful forces of nature into a music at once stark and dramatic.
      • A veteran DJ listened hard and found magic, effectively an alchemist of rhythm and melody.
      • He is an alchemist, not an adapter, as one can see by comparing any of his plays with its base original.
      • Truly, these recording alchemists weave straw into sonic gold.
      • The famed British sculptor, still at work at 88, is a kind of alchemist, transmuting a range of materials and playing with our perceptions.
      • Wall Street alchemists are well-prepared to eschew these new measures and, in the process, undermine their intended purpose.
      • Instead he is modeling himself on the party's alchemist who rebuilt the welfare state and ran a budget surplus in a time of penury.
      • It's Frankenstein-like, and this from a troop of one-time alchemists who made Auto-Tune sound like the best thing that ever happened to violins.
      • It draws equally on techno hip-hop experimentation and Japanese collage-pop alchemists.
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