open sesame

名词 n. 短语
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any successful means of achieving a result, especially means that are magical or technical, or otherwise beyond the understanding of most people.
    — "The blue topaz was bought by me, from the chieftain of the tribe to which Quacal belongs. It is an ‘open sesame’ to his favor."
短语
  1. open up (especially referring to doors)

词形变化

open, Sesame alternative open, sesame alternative open Sesame alternative open sesames plural open, Sesame alternative open, sesame alternative open Sesame alternative

词源

词源 1
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!.
词源 2
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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