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.
双语例句
1. She worked as a research chemist.
她曾经是化学研究员。
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2. Chemist stores upped sales by 63 percent.
药店销量增加了63％。
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3. There's a chemist's shop not a hundred miles from Dumfries.
这儿有一家离邓费利斯不远的药店.
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4. A chemist can separate a medicine into its components.
化学家能把一种药物的各种成分分解出来.
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5. A chemist can isolate the oxygen from the hydrogen in water.