1.RFa magicalcreature in old Arabian stories that will do what you want when you call it 〔古代阿拉伯故事中的〕精灵,妖怪
2.let the genie out of the bottleto do something that has a great and often bad effect on a situation, which can then never return to its previousstate 把精灵放出魔瓶〔指做某事造成了无法挽回的严重后果〕
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genie• There is no genie to snap its fingers and whiplash me out of this world I am living in.• As a child of the 1960s and 1970s, the nucleargenie still looms large for me as a powerfulanalogy.• The creativegenius of artist, composer, or writer is a kind of genie.• Well, when he has his own personalgenie, he has options.• When they ran out of food, they asked the genie for more silverdishes, which they sold to buy food.• And then the genie told him about the magiciandisguised as the holy woman.• The princess passed on her request to Aladdin, who passed it on to the genie.• The genie is out of the bottle.