英语词汇“philosopher's stone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

philosopher's stone

noun (the philosopher's stone)

A mythical substance supposed to change any metal into gold or silver and, according to some, to cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. Its discovery was the supreme object of alchemy.Kristina continued her alchemical studies, trying to find the philosopher's stone and turn lead into gold....

Combining sulphur and mercury may have been an attempt to produce the philosopher's stone.
Alchemists, the tales go, sought to use a magical philosopher's stone to transmute lead into gold.

单词	philosopher's stone
释义	philosopher's stone noun (the philosopher's stone) A mythical substance supposed to change any metal into gold or silver and, according to some, to cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. Its discovery was the supreme object of alchemy.Kristina continued her alchemical studies, trying to find the philosopher's stone and turn lead into gold.... Combining sulphur and mercury may have been an attempt to produce the philosopher's stone. Alchemists, the tales go, sought to use a magical philosopher's stone to transmute lead into gold.
随便看	reconnoitrer reconquer reconquest reconquista reconsecrate reconsecration reconsider reconsideration reconsign reconsignment reconsole reconsolidate reconsolidation reconstituent reconstitute reconstituted stone reconstitution reconstruct reconstructable reconstructed stone reconstructible reconstruction reconstructional reconstructionary Reconstructionism