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单词 genie
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genie

(dʒiːni)
Word forms: plural genies
1. countable noun
In stories from Arabia and Persia, a genie is a spirit which appears and disappears by magic and obeys the person who controls it.
2. 
See the genie is out of the bottle/let the genie out of the bottle

genie in British English

(ˈdʒiːnɪ)
noun
1. 
(in fairy tales and stories) a servant who appears by magic and fulfils a person's wishes
2.  another word for jinni
Word origin
C18: from French génie, from Arabic jinni demon, influenced by Latin genius attendant spirit; see genius

Genie in British English

(ˈdʒiːnɪ)
noun
Canadian
an award given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in recognition of Canadian cinematic achievements

genie in American English

(ˈdʒini)
noun
jinni, now, esp., one in fables and stories who is confined to a lamp or bottle and who grants the wishes of whoever releases him
Word origin
Fr génie (< L genius: see genius), used to transl. Ar jinnī, a demon < jinn, demons

More idioms containing
genie

the genie is out of the bottle

Examples of 'genie' in a sentence
genie

So who will dare to bottle this genie?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We have always feared what will happen when the genie is let out of the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Seeing that old photo let the genie out.
The Sun (2014)
He is letting the genie back out of the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is very difficult to put the genie back in the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Government ministers who have let the genie out of the bottle had better watch their staff very closely in future.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Once the technology genie has been let out of the bottle, there is no going back.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Let that genie out of the bottle and it is a Herculean task to put it back.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's like the genie has been let out of the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
The Sun (2016)
The genie left the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He said: 'The genie is out of the bottle on this.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An insider said: 'The genie is out of the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Once the pent-up resentment has erupted, there is no putting the genie back in the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He added: 'This ruling puts the genie back in the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You can't put the genie back in the bottle, and democracy is the stronger for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It doesn't matter who uses chemical weapons, their mere activation has let an evil genie out of the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But that genie left the bottle long ago, when planning philosophy exalted the suburb over the city, the car over the pedestrian.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I wish I could put the genie back in the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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