单词 | shanghai |
释义 | shanghai From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshanghaishang‧hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ verb (shanghaied, shanghaiing, shanghais) [transitive] old-fashionedFORCE somebody TO DO somethingto trick or force someone into doing something unwillinglyshanghai somebody into doing something I got shanghaied into organizing the kids’ party.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusshanghai• The boys feared being shanghaied into the army.ShanghaiShanghaia city in East China, in Jiangsu province, but independent of it. Shanghai is China's largest city and its most important port and an industrial centre.Origin shanghai (1800-1900) Shanghai; from the use of force or deception to get sailors for ships going to China |
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