Aladdin

/əˈlædɪn/

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a poor young Chinese boy in a story in The Arabian Nights. A magician (= a person who does magic tricks) asks him to go down into a deep cave full of gold and jewellery, but to bring up only an old lamp. Aladdin will not give the magician the lamp until he helps him out of the cave, so the magician shuts him in. Aladdin discovers that when he rubs the lamp, a genie (= a spirit with magic powers) comes out of it. He uses the power of the genie to become rich, defeat the magician and marry a princess. The story of Aladdin is often performed as a pantomime in Britain. The phrase an Aladdin's cave is sometimes used to mean a place full of wonderful things阿拉丁：《阿拉伯之夜》的一个故事中的一个可怜的年轻中国男孩。魔术师要他进入一个装满金和珠宝的深洞，但只能拿起一盏旧灯。阿拉丁只有在帮助魔术师离开洞穴之前才将灯给魔术师，所以魔术师将他关了起来。阿拉丁发现，当他摩擦灯时，就会有一个精灵从灯中出来。他利用精灵的力量致富，击败魔术师并嫁给公主。阿拉丁的故事在英国经常被当作哑剧表演。阿拉丁的洞穴一词有时用于表示充满奇妙事物的地方
- The shop is a real Aladdin's cave of unusual gift ideas.这家商店是一个真正的阿拉丁不寻常的礼物创意的洞穴。