an alchemist who ...
用 who 引导定语从句修饰 alchemist,说明具体是哪类炼金术士。
He is an alchemist who claims to turn lead into gold.
他是一位声称能把铅变成黄金的炼金术士。
炼金术士;炼丹家
精通炼金术并寻求长生不老药、万灵药、万能溶剂和贤者之石的人;炼金术士;[化] 炼丹家; 炼金术士
a person who practiced alchemy, especially one who sought the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone
One who practices alchemy.
精通炼金术并寻求长生不老药、万灵药、万能溶剂和贤者之石的人
one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
The alchemist believed he could turn lead into gold.
这位炼金术士相信他能把铅变成金子。
用法提示:名词单数,表示从事炼金术的人。
In the old castle, a famous alchemist once had his laboratory.
在这座古堡里,一位著名的炼金术士曾经有过他的实验室。
用法提示:名词单数,带不定冠词,表示一位炼金术士。
Many alchemists kept their secrets in coded notebooks.
许多炼金术士把他们的秘密保存在编码笔记本里。
用法提示:名词复数形式,表示多位炼金术士。
用 who 引导定语从句修饰 alchemist,说明具体是哪类炼金术士。
He is an alchemist who claims to turn lead into gold.
他是一位声称能把铅变成黄金的炼金术士。
所有格形式 alchemist's 后接名词,表示炼金术士拥有的东西。
The alchemist's laboratory was filled with strange glass flasks.
炼金术士的实验室里摆满了奇特的玻璃烧瓶。
become 后接职业名词时,表示‘成为……’。
After years of study, she finally became an alchemist.
经过多年学习,她终于成为了一名炼金术士。
常指通过咒语、通灵或召唤施行法术的人;alchemist 则侧重炼金术(如炼制点金石、长生不老药),在奇幻语境中可代指炼金师,但正式或科学语境下不宜互换。
多指奇幻故事中拥有超自然力量的男性魔法师,强调法术与魔法;alchemist 强调的是炼金实践和早期化学研究,并不一定使用战斗魔法或咒语,因此表达“炼金术士”时用 wizard 会偏离原意。
grammar · medium
易错句子He studied alchemy and became an alchemy.
正确表达He studied alchemy and became an alchemist.
alchemy 指‘炼金术’这门学问或实践,指人须用 alchemist(-ist 表示从事者),不能把名词直接当人称。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were many alchemist in the castle.
正确表达There were many alchemists in the castle.
alchemist 是可数名词,复数形式为 alchemists;many 后须用复数,不能保留原形单数。
grammar · medium
易错句子The modern scientist was an alchemist who discovered radium.
正确表达The modern scientist was a chemist who discovered radium.
alchemist 专指古代或中世纪的炼金术士;谈论现代化学家须用 chemist,二者时代与学科不同,不可混用。
对照义为“炼金术士”(从事炼金术、寻求哲人石等神秘实践的人);现代化学家遵循科学方法,二者在“古代神秘实践”与“现代科学”的对比上相对,并非严格反义词。
alchemist 指中世纪或传说中研究炼金术的人;chemist 指现代化学家,英式英语也可指药剂师。两者拼写相近,但时代、学科和身份不同。
alchemist 是从事炼金术的人,alchemy 是这门技艺本身;区别在于词尾 -ist 表示“人”。不要用 alchemy 指代人。
中世纪的炼金术士
The medieval alchemist believed he could turn base metals into gold.
这位中世纪的炼金术士相信自己能把贱金属变成黄金。
炼金术士的实验室
The alchemist's laboratory was full of strange equipment and bubbling liquids.
炼金术士的实验室里满是奇怪的设备和冒泡的液体。
炼金术士的探索
The alchemist's quest for the philosopher's stone remains legendary.
炼金术士对点金石的探索至今仍是个传奇。
业余炼金术士
He was an amateur alchemist who tried to make gold in his garage.
他是个业余炼金术士,曾在车库里试着制造黄金。
传奇炼金术士
The legendary alchemist may have actually discovered gunpowder.
这位传奇炼金术士可能真的发现了火药。
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词根:alchemy(炼金术,拼写变体 alchem-)+ 后缀 -ist(从事者);无独立英语前缀(词首 al- 源自阿拉伯语定冠词)。同根词:alchemy, alchemical;同后缀词:artist, scientist;词源相关词:chemistry, chemist, chemical
炼金术士所从事的学问或实践,与目标词同属一个学科领域。
炼金术士追求的长生不老药,常出现在同一主题中。
指将贱金属转化为贵金属的过程,是炼金术的核心概念。
传说中能将金属变成金子的物质,炼金术士的终极目标。
炼金术士进行实验和操作的场所,常与目标词一同出现。
《炼金术士》
In the novel The Alchemist, an alchemist teaches the boy to listen to his heart.
在小说《炼金术士》中,一位炼金术士教那个男孩倾听自己的心灵。
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