early 15c., probably from Middle French sisame and directly from Latin sesamum (nominative sesama), from Greek sesamon (Doric sasamon) "seed or fruit of the sesame plant," a very early borrowing via Phoenician from Late Babylonian *shawash-shammu (compare Assyrian shamash-shammu "sesame," literally "oil-seed"). First as a magic password in 1785 translation of Galland's "Mille et une nuits," where it opens the door of the thieves' den in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." Phrase open sesame current since about 1826.
例文
1. I 've put some sesame crackers in the oven to bake.
私はすでにゴマ煎餅を何枚かオーブンに入れて焼いた。
2.Academic success is not always an open sesame to a well-paid job.
在学成績が良いからといって、いつも高給職を得るためのノック煉瓦ではない。
3.A sesame stalk puts forth blossoms notch by notch，higher and higher.
ゴマ開花節高.
4.It is a Christmas message from the head of Sesame ，an independent financial adviser.
独立系財務コンサルタント会社 Sesame の責任者が書いたクリスマスメッセージです。
5.Old Cheng picked a sesame seed from between his teeth.