English Dictionary

philosopher's stone

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.

日本語の意味

（錬金術）鉛や水銀などの卑金属を金や銀に変える力を持つと信じられている伝説の物質。万能薬として病気を治し、不老不死をもたらすとされることもある

Scholars debated whether the philosopher's stone was merely a metaphor for inner transformation or a literal substance sought by alchemists for centuries.

学者たちは、賢者の石が内的変容の比喩に過ぎないのか、それとも何世紀にもわたって錬金術師たちが追い求めてきた、塩基金属を金に変えるとされる伝説の錬金術物質のような実体なのかを議論した。

意味（1）

(alchemy, uncountable) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.

Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention.

意味（2）

(countable) A piece of said substance.

philosopher's stones （ plural ）