1560s, chymist, "alchemist," from Middle French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, reduced from alchimista (see alchemy). Modern spelling is from c. 1790. Meaning "chemical scientist" is from 1620s; meaning "dealer in medicinal drugs" (mostly in British English) is from 1745.
雙語例句
1. She worked as a research chemist.
她曾經(jīng)是化學(xué)研究員。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Chemist stores upped sales by 63 percent.
藥店銷量增加了63％。
來自柯林斯例句
3. There's a chemist's shop not a hundred miles from Dumfries.
這兒有一家離鄧費利斯不遠的藥店.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. A chemist can separate a medicine into its components.
化學(xué)家能把一種藥物的各種成分分解出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. A chemist can isolate the oxygen from the hydrogen in water.