abracadabra

參見：abra-cadabra

英語

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abracadabra

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詞源

源自晚期拉丁語 abracadabra，在魔咒中使用，其詞源不詳。有人認為其與Abraxas (一個諾斯替教的神祇)以及多個阿拉姆語或希伯來語詞עַבְרָא כְּדַבְרָא (avra kedavra，字面意思是「所說的已經發生了」)、עַבְדָא כְּדַבְרָא (avda kedavara，字面意思是「所說的已經做了」); אַרְבַּע־אֶחַד־אַרְבַּע (arba-eḥad-arba，字面意思是「四一四」)有關^[1]，但無證據能佐證該說法。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌabɹəkəˈdabɹə/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌæ.bɹə.kəˈdæ.bɹə/

• （美國加州）音頻：

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名詞

abracadabra (複數 abracadabras)

1. 阿布拉卡達布拉 （一種魔咒，或使用該魔咒的魔術） （自16世紀）
   • 1851，Hugh A. Garland，引 John Randolph of Roanoke, 「The Virginia Convention—Every Change is Not Reform」, in The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke，卷 II, New York: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC，頁 329:

     Where is the necessity of this provision in the Constitution? […] Can anyone believe that we, by any amendments of ours, by any of our scribbling on that parchment, by any amulet, any legerdemain—charm—Abrecadabra—of ours can prevent our sons from doing the same thing—that is, from doing as they please, just as we are doing as we please? It is impossible. Who can bind posterity?

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   • 2012年8月28日，Georgina Turner，The Guardian:

     With a quiet bank holiday afternoon to fill, the Mill yesterday dug out the old magic kit, brushed the cobwebs off its top hat and practiced a few abracadabras.

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2. 胡言亂語；深奧難懂的話 （自19世紀）

   I don’t know all the theoretical abracadabra about how it works, I’m only its pilot.

   我不懂那些亂七八糟的原理，我只是個駕駛員。

   • 1971，Keith Thomas，Religion and the Decline of Magic，Folio Society 2012，頁 335:

     Astrology was not specifically banned in the statutes against witchcraft, but so long as its technicalities remained abracadabra to the lay public there was always a risk that the practitioner might find himself arrested for sorcery.

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嘆詞

abracadabra

1. 阿布拉卡達布拉 （魔咒，魔術或幻術表演時使用） （自19世紀）

   近義詞：hey presto

   • 1971，Richard Carpenter，Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac，Harmondsworth: Puffin Books，頁 49:

     Next, the conjuror filled a glass with water from a big jug and then covered the tumbler with a cloth. "Abracadabra," he cried and crumpled the cloth.

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