Definition of alembic in English:

alembic

noun əˈlɛmbɪkəˈlɛmbɪk

A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver.
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Example sentencesExamples
- The peculiar inspiration of psychoanalysis was to invent a relationship which acted like a filter bed or alembic to isolate these ‘unreal’ elements in the patient's typical affective strategies.
- The medium-weight, alembic distilled vodka immediately washes the palate with a lavish array of raspberry flavors that rivals the real thing.
- The ‘limbeck’ is an alembic, a piece of distilling apparatus known also to alchemists.
- Its insignia was two alembics with spouts crossed against a benzene ring.
- The condensation visible when an object is heated in an alembic was sometimes called the queen's tears.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al- 'the' + 'anbīq 'still' (from Greek ambix, ambik- 'cup, cap of a still').

Definition of alembic in US English:

alembic

nounəˈlembikəˈlɛmbɪk

A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver.
蒸馏器
Example sentencesExamples
- Its insignia was two alembics with spouts crossed against a benzene ring.
- The peculiar inspiration of psychoanalysis was to invent a relationship which acted like a filter bed or alembic to isolate these ‘unreal’ elements in the patient's typical affective strategies.
- The condensation visible when an object is heated in an alembic was sometimes called the queen's tears.
- The medium-weight, alembic distilled vodka immediately washes the palate with a lavish array of raspberry flavors that rivals the real thing.
- The ‘limbeck’ is an alembic, a piece of distilling apparatus known also to alchemists.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al- ‘the’ + 'anbīq ‘still’ (from Greek ambix, ambik- ‘cup, cap of a still’).

单词	alembic
释义	Definition of alembic in English: alembic noun əˈlɛmbɪkəˈlɛmbɪk A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver. 蒸馏器 Example sentencesExamples The peculiar inspiration of psychoanalysis was to invent a relationship which acted like a filter bed or alembic to isolate these ‘unreal’ elements in the patient's typical affective strategies. The medium-weight, alembic distilled vodka immediately washes the palate with a lavish array of raspberry flavors that rivals the real thing. The ‘limbeck’ is an alembic, a piece of distilling apparatus known also to alchemists. Its insignia was two alembics with spouts crossed against a benzene ring. The condensation visible when an object is heated in an alembic was sometimes called the queen's tears. Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al- 'the' + 'anbīq 'still' (from Greek ambix, ambik- 'cup, cap of a still'). Definition of alembic in US English: alembic nounəˈlembikəˈlɛmbɪk A distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver. 蒸馏器 Example sentencesExamples Its insignia was two alembics with spouts crossed against a benzene ring. The peculiar inspiration of psychoanalysis was to invent a relationship which acted like a filter bed or alembic to isolate these ‘unreal’ elements in the patient's typical affective strategies. The condensation visible when an object is heated in an alembic was sometimes called the queen's tears. The medium-weight, alembic distilled vodka immediately washes the palate with a lavish array of raspberry flavors that rivals the real thing. The ‘limbeck’ is an alembic, a piece of distilling apparatus known also to alchemists. Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al- ‘the’ + 'anbīq ‘still’ (from Greek ambix, ambik- ‘cup, cap of a still’).
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