philosophers stone

单词philosophers stone

基本解释

n.: 魔法石（旧时被认为能使其他金属变为金银或能使人长生不老的仙石）
网络: 哲人之石；哲人石

权威解释

• 魔法石（旧时被认为能使其他金属变为金银或能使人长生不老的仙石）:

  an imaginary substance that, in the past, people believed could change any metal into gold or silver, or could make people live for ever

英汉解释

• 锌瘤

• 点金石

例句

• If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosophers stone.

  假如你明白如何挣多花少，你就掌握了致富的秘诀。

• Alchemists searched for the Philosophers" Stone, which was supposed to be capable of turning base metals into gold or silver.

  炼金术士到处寻找点金石，据说那是能把贱金属变成金银的东西。

• Water was Thales" philosophers" stone, as it were.

  可以说，水是泰勒斯哲学的基石。