| 单词 |
alembication |
| 释义 |
alembication|əˌlɛmbɪˈkeɪʃən| [f. as prec. + -ation.] 1. Over-subtlety or over-refinement of expression.
1893Stevenson Vailima Lett. 2 June (1895) 271 This sort of trouble..produces nothing when done but alembication and the far-fetched. 2. Refinement; concentration; = distillation 3 b, 4 c.
1936Proc. Brit. Acad. XXI. 195 The masterpieces of this process of alembication are the views of Petworth Park, painted in about 1830. 1951O. Downes in N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 9/3 The reading [of Verdi's ‘Requiem’] was the alembication of a lifetime's thought and experience. |

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