单词 | shanghai |
释义 | shang·hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ verb (shanghaied, shanghaiing, shanghais) [transitive] old-fashioned FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto trick or force someone into doing something unwillingly 诱骗;强迫〔某人做某事〕shanghai somebody into doing something I got shanghaied into organizing the kids’ party. 我被逼着给孩子们办了聚会。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusshanghai• The boys feared being shanghaied into the army.nShanghai na 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 Chinashang·hai verbShanghaiLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable doing trick unwillingly into to someone Corpus force something or |
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