The alchemical texts Richard mentioned were three 16th-century folio editions.

理查德提到的炼金术文本是三本16世纪的对开本版本。

金山词霸

What spurred them on was alchemy, the'science " of changing ordinary metals into gold.

激励他们的是炼金术, 即把普通金属变为金子的 “ 科学 ”.

《简明英汉词典》

Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.

在中世纪,宗教和炼金术密切相联.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Alchemists searched in vain for this substance for several hundred years.

炼金术士探寻这种物质达数百年之久而终无所获.

英汉非文学 - 百科语料821

One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.

炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。

辞典例句

Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.

炼金术为现代化学铺了路.

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The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.

炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱.

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At first glance, it all seems an alchemist's illusion.

乍看上去, 它完全象是一位炼金术士的幻术.

辞典例句

This statement is the fundamental axiom that distinguished chemistry from alchemy.

这个论述是化学区别于炼金术的基本定律.

辞典例句

With caustic wit , he made a fierce assault on the alchemists.

他施展讽刺挖苦的本领,猛烈挞伐了炼金术士.

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Alchemists found that a number of materials were especially useful in their work.

炼金术士们发现在炼制黄金过程中,有几种原料对他们特别有用.

英汉非文学 - 科学史

By insensible gradations the last of the alchemists became the first of the experimental philosophers.

经过极其缓慢的阶段性变化,最后一批炼金术士成了最早的实验哲学家.

英汉非文学 - 历史

For hundreds of years alchemists worked in vain , never discovering any of the things they sought.

尽管炼金术土们白白花了成百上千年也没能发现他们寻找的东西.

英汉非文学 - 科学史

The chief aim of the alchemists was to find a way of doing this.

炼金术土的主要目标就是要找到某种实现此事的方法.

英汉非文学 - 百科语料821

Besides gold, there were two other things that alchemists tried to make in their laboratories.

除了炼制金子之外, 炼金术士们还试图获得另外的两样东西.

英汉非文学 - 科学史