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shanghai
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- Conjugation :
past
Shanghaied
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ing
Shanghaiing
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Derivatives :
n
shanghaier
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- shanghai
['ʃæŋhaɪ]
['ʃæŋhaɪ]
[ʃæŋ'haɪ]
[ʃæn'haɪ]
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1.
vt.
[American English]
[shanghai]（用酒等）使失去知觉后劫到船上服劳役
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2.
vt.
[Slang]
[American English]
[shanghai]胁迫；拐骗
Collins English-English Dictionary
- shanghai
['ʃæŋhaɪ]
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1.
vt.
[Slang]
[tr]
to kidnap (a man or seaman) for enforced service at sea, esp on a merchant ship
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2.
vt.
to force or trick (someone) into doing something, going somewhere, etc
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3.
vt.
[Austral and NZ]
to shoot with a catapult
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4.
n
[Austral and NZ]
a catapult
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C19: from the city of Shanghai; from the forceful methods formerly used to collect crews for voyages to the Orient
Examples
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Shanghai is a great base for traveling in Asia.
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上海是进行亚洲之旅的首选出发地。
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How about going to Shanghai this summer?
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这个夏天去趟上海怎么样？
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I have never been to Shanghai but I'll go there soon.
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我从未去过上海，但很快就要去了。
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She went to Shanghai the day before yesterday.
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她前天去了上海。
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He mastered Chinese while he was living in Shanghai.
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他住在上海时就精通汉语。
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The train, carrying about 600 passengers, arrived at Shanghai at midnight.
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载着大约600名乘客的火车于午夜时抵达了上海。
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I have a layover in Los Angeles for four hours before boarding my plane to Shanghai.
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在登上飞往上海的航班前，我会在洛杉矶逗留四个小时。
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While living in Shanghai I used to work for the local branch of a Korean IT company.
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住在上海时，我曾在一家韩国IT公司的上海分公司工作。
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I have to change trains at Shanghai.
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我必须在上海换车。
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Hopefully the weather clears up so we can enjoy our trip to Shanghai Sunday.
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希望天能放晴，这样我们周六的上海之行才能尽兴。
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