philosopher's stone

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — Men talke much […] of the Philoſophers ſtone, that it turneth copper into gold; […]
  2. A piece of such a substance.

词形变化

philosopher's stones plural philosophers stone alternative Philosopher's Stone alternative philosophers' stone alternative stone of the philosophers alternative

词源

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