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。

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。

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。

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。