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charm BrE /tʃɑːm/
NAmE /tʃɑːrm/
●ˌwork like a ˈcharm (informal) quickly have the effect you want; work like magic 非常灵验；非常奏效◆I don’t know what she said to him, but it worked like a charm — he’s much more cooperative now.
我不知道她对他说了些什么，但是收到了奇效；他现在非常合作。 NOTE A charm is a small object that is believed to bring good luck, or words believed to have magic power. * charm 指（有魔力的）小吉祥物或咒语。 ●third time ˈlucky (NAmE also third time is the ˈcharm) used when you have failed to do sth twice and hope that you will succeed the third time 第三次运气就好了◆I missed again! Oh well, third time lucky!我又打偏了！啊，好吧，第三次运气会好的！ |