refine smelt work temper with fire
Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。
—— 柯林斯例句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 ”。
—— 给力词典精选Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold.
中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金。
—— 给力词典精选A knife is sharpened on the grindstone; steel is tempered in fire.
刀在石上磨, 钢在火中炼。
—— 给力词典精选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。
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