genies是什么意思？

genies

• n. （阿拉伯神话故事中的）神怪，妖怪( genie的名词复数 )，（形容将对人们的生活造成永久性的、尤指负面影响的事件已经发生）妖怪已经放出魔瓶了；

例句

• In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle. 在一些故事里, 灯里或瓶子中总是装有妖怪.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （阿拉伯和波斯神话故事中的）精灵，魔仆
  In stories from Arabia and Persia, a genie is a spirit which appears and disappears by magic and obeys the person who controls it.
• PHRASE
  魔仆出瓶，事已发生（尤指产生负面影响）
  If you say that the genie is out of the bottle or that someone has let the genie out of the bottle, you mean that something has happened which has made a great and permanent change in people's lives, especially a bad change.
  例句
  As for unconventional weapons, the genie is unfortunately already out of the bottle. 不幸的是，非常规武器已经带来难以收拾的局面。