单词 | shanghai |
释义 | shang·hai (shăng-hī, shănghī′) tr.v. shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais 1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him. 2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force:We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities. [After Shanghai1, from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China.] shang·haiern. |
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