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abracadabra

/ab-ruh-kuh-dab-ruh/US // ˌæb rə kəˈdæb rə //UK // (ˌæbrəkəˈdæbrə) //

罡风,胡言乱语,罡气,胡言乱语的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mystical word or expression used in incantations, on amulets, etc., as a magical means of warding off misfortune, harm, or illness.
    • : any charm or incantation using nonsensical or supposedly magical words.
    • : meaningless talk; gibberish; nonsense.

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Examples

  • Frozen pulls off its animated abracadabra by conjuring up the elements that made Disney's modern classics just that.

  • Chandelier, swimming pool, patient EKG, Abracadabra, you are free.

  • The first entry is “Abracadabra,” which at one time was an ancient code used by Egyptian priests, and ends with “Zoroastrianism.”

  • Wei somehow slips in unnoticed, has a private tête-à-tête with the powers that be, and abracadabra, deal done.

  • Her only regret is that she has had to leave at home her Persian cat Abracadabra, called "Abe" for short.

  • It was as though a charm, an Abracadabra, had been whispered over Mrs. Sampson and she had been changed immediately into a rabbit.

  • But after an hour or more, Billys deepest voice would boom, Abracadabra!

  • "Somebody ought to say an abracadabra charm ovah it," she suggested.

  • And mumbling his “abracadabra” over the sand spread on a cloth before him, he took up his bamboo-stick and wrote therein––Khalid!