alchemy
/ˈælkɪmɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or find a universal elixir.（中世纪）炼金术。
1.1
- figurative a process by which paradoxical results are achieved or incompatible elements combined with no obvious rational explanation〈喻〉（能使结果自相矛盾或使不相容的因素结合起来的）魔力：
his conducting managed by some alchemy to give a sense of fire and ice.
他的指挥由某种魔力操纵, 让人感到激情和冷漠的融合。
派生词
alchemic
/ælˈkemɪk/ adjectivealchemical
adjectivealchemist
nounalchemize
（亦作-ise）verb词源
late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Arabic alkīmiyā', from al 'the' + kīmiyā' （from Greek khēmia, khēmeia 'art of transmuting metals'）.