alembic

n. 蒸馏器 [化] 蒸馏釜; 蒸馏罐; 蒸馏器

发音

其它 /əˈlɛm.bɪk/

词形变化

alembics 复数 alembics

别名

alambic alembick limbeck

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.

    We’ll need to get you a copy of the charter, a beginner’s alembic, maybe a complementary silver dagger… and that’s not even counting whether or not we have any beginner-level books on disciplines you’re interested in!

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

retort

词源

From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic.

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