early 15c., probably from Middle French sisame and directly from Latin sesamum (nominative sesama), from Greek sesamon (Doric sasamon) "seed or fruit of the sesame plant," a very early borrowing via Phoenician from Late Babylonian *shawash-shammu (compare Assyrian shamash-shammu "sesame," literally "oil-seed"). First as a magic password in 1785 translation of Galland's "Mille et une nuits," where it opens the door of the thieves' den in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." Phrase open sesame current since about 1826.
雙語例句
1. I've put some sesame crackers in the oven to bake.
我已經(jīng)把幾片芝麻脆餅放進(jìn)烤箱里烤了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Academic success is not always an open sesame to a well-paid job.
在校成績(jī)好并非總是獲得高薪職位的敲門磚。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. A sesame stalk puts forth blossoms notch by notch, higher and higher.
芝麻開花節(jié)節(jié)高.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. It is a Christmas message from the head of Sesame, an independent financial adviser.
它是獨(dú)立財(cái)務(wù)顧問公司Sesame負(fù)責(zé)人寫的圣誕賀詞.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Old Cheng picked a sesame seed from between his teeth.