- a word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick(魔术师变魔术时念的)咒语。
mass noun
1- informal the implausibly easy performance of difficult feats〈非正式〉(对困难事情的)一蹴而就(或变魔术般的完成):
the creation of profits was a marvellous bit of abracadabra.
利润的创造就是一手奇妙的魔术。
1.1
- language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power符咒; 胡言乱语:
I get so fed up with all the mumbo-jumbo and abracadabra.
我听够了所有这些胡言乱语和鬼话。
词源
late 17th cent.(as a mystical word engraved and used as a charm to ward off illness): from Latin, first recorded in a 2nd-cent. poem by Q. Serenus Sammonicus, from a Greek base.