a word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick
(魔术师变魔术时念的)咒语。
〈非正式〉 (对困难事情的)一蹴而就(或变魔术般的完成)
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the creation of profits was a marvellous bit of abracadabra .利润的创造就是一手奇妙的魔术。
language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power
符咒;胡言乱语
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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。
" 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."