open sesame

短语

秘诀, 开门咒, 法宝

发音

其它

词形变化

open sesames 复数 open sesames

别名

open, Sesame open Sesame

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.

phr.
  1. 1.

    open up (especially referring to doors)

    芝麻开门

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

way means command agency bid bidding dictation

词源

From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source. Not, as some have purported, a corruption of Open, says me!.

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