Alcohol, or spirit of wine, evaporates more quickly than water.

酒精比水的蒸发速度要快上不少。

We will set this flask on an iron stand, and under it we will place a spirit-lamp-that is, a lamp which burns alcohol or spirit of wine.

将烧瓶固定在铁架子上, 然后在下面放一个酒精灯, 也就是燃烧酒精或者烈酒的灯。

The practice spread to Europe where the distillation process was seen as extracting the very spirit of wine, which was believed to have life-giving properties.

这种做法传播到欧洲， 在那里蒸馏过程被视为提取葡萄酒的精神，人们认为这种精神具有赋予生命的特性。

Dr. Cruger sent me a flower in spirits of wine, with a bee which he had killed before it had quite crawled out, with a pollen-mass still fastened to its back.

克鲁格博士送给我一朵用烈酒调制的花， 还有一只蜜蜂， 在它完全爬出来之前就被他杀死了， 花粉团仍然附着在它的背上。

Madame Homais reappeared, carrying one of those shaky machines that are heated with spirits of wine; for Homais liked to make his coffee at table, having, moreover, torrefied it, pulverised it, and mixed it himself.

奥默太太又出来了，端着一个摇摇晃晃的酒精炉子；因为奥默要在餐桌上煮咖啡，而且已经亲手炒好、亲手磨好、亲手调制好了。

If we leave the stopper out of a bottle full of spirit of wine, for instance, we shall find, after a few days or weeks, that the bottle is empty, although no one has touched it.

比如, 把一瓶酒精的瓶盖取下, 就会发现：虽然没人去碰这个酒瓶, 但是经过几天或几周, 瓶子一定会变得空空如也。