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核心畫面

One way to picture chemistry: two substances put together and something happens on its own — they react, and you get a third thing neither of them was. That is the science; and when two people meet and something just clicks between them, English reaches for the same word.

可以想成 chemistry 是「兩樣東西一放在一起，自己就起了反應」，變出原本兩邊都沒有的第三樣東西。這是那門科學…更多收起可以想成 chemistry 是「兩樣東西一放在一起，自己就起了反應」，變出原本兩邊都沒有的第三樣東西。這是那門科學在做的事；而當兩個人一碰面就對上了頻率，英文也用同一個字來講。

From the picture

人跟人之間的來電

把反應搬到人身上：兩個人湊在一起就是特別對盤，那份感覺說不太清楚從哪來，於是借用化學反應的畫面。

mutual attraction or rapport · noun · A2

A strong feeling of attraction, friendship, or good teamwork between two people who get on well.

來電 / 默契

Also in this word

science of substances · noun · A2

The science that studies what substances are made of and how they change or join together.

化學

internal interaction of substances · noun · A2

The way substances mix and work together inside a thing, a process, or a person's body.

（體內、物質的）化學作用

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

chemistrynoun/ˈkɛm.ɪ.stɹi/

  • 1

    The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

  • 2

    An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.

    • Learning the very complicated chemistries necessary to reproduce reality into a picture using light
    • The aquatic chemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974).
  • 3

    The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.

    • But some microbes manage to move to new organs to get inside tumors. It’s possible that the particular chemistry inside a tumor, such as its level of oxygen, helps determine which microbes will thrive there.
  • 4

    informalThe mutual attraction between two people; rapport.

    • The on-screen chemistry between the lead actors led many viewers to believe they were a couple in real life.
    • The coach attributed their losses to poor team chemistry.
  • 5

    informalmedicinesciencesA blood test to measure the amount of various components of the serum (such as electrolytes, creatinine, and glucose).

    • Diagnosis is presumptive by history and physical examination and is confirmed by chemistries.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。