| 释义 |
sesame/ˈsesəmi/n. 1 an African herbaceous plant, Sesamum orientale, with seeds used as food and yielding an edible oil 芝麻 2 its seeds 芝麻籽 □ open sesame a means of acquiring or achieving what is normally unattainable (from the magic words used in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments)芝麻开门(完成奇迹的秘诀，源于《天方夜谭》) [Latin sesamum from Greek sēsamon, sēsamē] |