philosopher's stone

短语

[化] 哲人石; 点金石 [医] 点金石

发音

其它

词形变化

philosopher's stones 复数 philosopher's stones

别名

Philosopher's Stone philosophers stone philosophers' stone stone of the philosophers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.

    点金石

    魔法石

    贤者之石

    哲人石

    1997, Christopher McIntosh, The Rosicrucians: The History, Mythology, and Rituals of an Esoteric Order, Weiser Books, 3rd Revised Edition, 1998, Paperback, page 51, The Rosicrucianism of the Andreae era was only partly concerned with alchemy, but later revivals of the Rosicrucian idea were to lay great stress on their claims to possess the secrets of transmutation and the knowledge of the Philosopher's Stone or the Elixir of Life.

  2. 2.

    A piece of such a substance.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

elixir philosophers' stone

上位词 1

substance

词源

A misconstruction of philosophers' stone, from Middle English philosophres ston, a calque of Latin lapis philosophōrum.

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