philosopher's stone
英语
编辑
词源
编辑philosopher + -'s + stone。
其他写法
编辑名词
编辑the philosopher's stone (可数 和 不可数，复数 philosopher's stones)
- (炼金术，不可数) 哲人石，贤者之石（炼金术认为能将贱金属变成金银的物质）
- (可数) 一块哲人石
- 2003, Stanton J. Linden, The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton, Cambridge University Press, page 44,
- The Cleopatra of this early alchemical dialogue is not the famous Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), last queen of the Ptolemy dynasty and lover of Mark Antony. Along with Mary Prophetess and Zosimos's Theosebia, this Cleopatra occupies a high place in alchemical lore as one of very few ancient female adepts who possessed the secret of the philosopher's stone.
- 2003, Stanton J. Linden, The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton, Cambridge University Press, page 44,
使用注意
编辑- 经常首字母大写。
- 最常见的形式是 philosopher's stone 不过也有人认为 philosophers' stone 更准确。
近义词
编辑- sorcerer's stone 〈美式〉