单词 | shanghai |
释义 | shanghain. 1. With capital initial. A long-legged, large breed of domestic fowls, with feathered shanks, reputed to have been introduced from Shanghai; now developed into the brahmas and cochins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of rumpkin1676 bantam1749 Jersey blue1758 Dorking1779 Plymouth Rock1806 Java1813 shack-bag1816 Negro fowl1835 creeper1847 Minorca1848 cuckoo fowl1850 Leghorn1850 Brahmapootra1851 Ancona1853 shanghai1853 Andalusian1854 Bolton bay1854 Corsican cock1854 jacinth1854 Minorca1854 spangle1854 yellow leg1854 Crèvecœur1855 sultan1855 Hamburg1857 Leghorn1857 Yokohama1865 Houdan1871 Langshan1871 Wyandot1881 sultan hen1882 silkie1885 Orpington1887 rock1889 silver-grey1889 Campine1892 Rhode Island Red1893 Faverolles1902 Rhode Island White1905 Malines1906 Rhode Island1914 Australorp1922 maranc1934 1853 W. B. Tegetmeier Profitable Poultry 19 Cochins or Shanghaes. 1853 Fortune in Wingfield & Johnson Poultry Bk. 3 The Shanghae breed. 1853 Fortune in Wingfield & Johnson Poultry Bk. 3 Some of the Shanghae fowls' eggs have double yolks. 1857 L. J. R. Agassiz Contrib. Nat. Hist. U.S.A. I. 164 Varieties..such as the Shanghae fowl, for instance. 2. Australian and New Zealand. Also as shangeye. A catapult. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > catapult manubalista1460 catapult1577 siege engine1763 slingshot1849 shanghai1863 nigger-shooter1876 catty1893 1863 Leader 24 Oct. 17/1 Turn, turn thy shang~hay dread aside, Nor touch that little bird. 1875 Spectator (Melbourne) 15 May 22/1 The lads had with them a couple of pistols, powder, shot, bullets, and a shanghai. 1901 E. Dyson Gold Stealers viii. 81 The plan brought Dicky, ‘shanghai’ in hand, under the tree where Hardy sat. 1940 F. Sargeson Man & Wife (1944) 7 I was out in the backyard with my shanghai, and..I took a shot at a thrush. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 57 Bits of shangeye as they called their catapults. 1972 M. Gee In my Father's Den 44 He made me shanghais and bows and arrows. 3. U.S. (See quot. 1880). ΚΠ 1880 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 365/1 The ‘shanghai’ is the glaring daub required by some frame-makers for cheap auctions. They are turned out at so much by the day's labor, or at from $12 to $24 a dozen, by the piece. 4. Shanghai oil n. an oil extracted from the seeds of Brassica chinensis. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils oil de baya1398 oil roseta1400 alkitranc1400 laurinec1400 oil of spicac1400 seed oil1400 rape oil1420 nut-oil?c1425 masticine?1440 oil de rose?1440 oil of myrtine?a1450 gingellya1544 rose oil1552 alchitrean1562 oil of spike1577 oil of ben1594 myrtle oil1601 sesamus1601 sampsuchine1616 oil of walnuts1622 rape1641 oil of rhodium1649 rapeseed oil1652 neroli1676 oil of mace1681 spirit of scurvy-grass1682 beech-oil1716 poppy oil1737 castor oil1746 oil of sassafras1753 orange-peel oil1757 wood-oil1759 bergamot1766 sunflower oil1768 Russia oil1773 oil castor1779 tung-yu1788 poppy-seed oil1799 cocoa butter1801 sassafras oil1801 phulwara1805 oil of wine1807 grass oil1827 oil of marjoram1829 cajuput oil1832 essence of mustarda1834 picamar1835 spurge oil1836 oenanthic ether1837 tea oil1837 capnomor1838 cinnamon-oil1838 oil of mustard1838 orange-flower oil1838 resinein1841 mustard oil1844 myrrhol1845 styrol1845 oenanthol1847 shea butter1847 wintergreen1847 gaultheria oil1848 ginger-grass oil.1849 nutmeg oil1849 pine oil1849 peppermint oil1850 cocoa fat1851 orange oil1853 neem oil1856 poonga oil1857 xanthoxylene1857 crab-oil1858 illupi oil1858 Shanghai oil1861 stand oil1862 mustard-seed oil1863 carap oilc1865 cocum butter or oilc1865 Kurung oil1866 muduga oil1866 pichurim oil1866 serpolet1866 sumbul oil1868 sesame oil1870 niger oil1872 summer yellow1872 olibene1873 patchouli oil1875 pilocarpene1876 styrolene1881 tung oil1881 becuiba tallow1884 soy oil1884 tea-seed oil1884 eucalyptus1885 sage oil1888 hop-oil1889 cotton-seed oil1891 lemon oil1896 palmarosa oil1897 illipe butter1904 hydnocarpus oil1905 tung1911 niger seed oil1917 sun oil1937 vanaspati1949 fennel oil- 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 453 The seeds of B. chinensis yield Shanghae Oil. 5. Darts. With capital initial. [ < shanghai v. 1] A popular variation of the game of darts, in which players amass points by throwing three darts at each number in succession, players failing to score during a round being eliminated or ‘shanghaied’ (but see also quot. 1953); a winning shot or score of a single, double, and treble of a number. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > darts > [noun] > specific type of game flechette1888 shanghai1930 1930 Anchor Mag. (Barclay Perkins, Brewers) 196 ‘Shanghai’ may be played by teams of 8, in pairs, individually, or, in fact, any number. 1936 R. Croft-Cooke Darts vii. 44 Of all the lesser-known games which can be played on a dart-board, there is none which combines such fascinating elements as Shanghai. And it remains exciting till the very last throw. 1953 Word for Word (Whitbread & Co.) 31/2 Shanghai, a popular variant of the standard game of darts, usually played by four or more people. Each player is given a number which he must first score; he then proceeds to score the numbers of all the other participants. 1968 N. E. Williamson Darts v. 46 Shanghai. One of the more popular dart games for a number of players... Usually two or three numbers most often 5, 7 and 9 are nominated as ‘Shanghai’ numbers, and a player not scoring on any one of these is ‘Shanghaied’ or out of the game. 1977 Daily Mirror 10 May 30/2 The hot twenty—including local favourites George Simmons, Tony Brown, Mick Norris and Lew Walker—have to sweat through nineteen 501s, one 1,001, one 2,001, one round-the-board-on-doubles, one shanghai and one halve-it. 1980 K. Turner Darts ix. 89 There is however a special shot that will automatically win the game on any number: scoring ‘Shanghai’—hitting the single, double and treble of that number (in any order). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). shanghaiv. 1. transitive. a. Nautical slang (originally U.S.). To drug or otherwise render insensible, and ship on board a vessel wanting hands. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [verb (transitive)] > obtain crew by violence shanghai1871 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)] > on board a vessel shanghai1871 1871 N.Y. Tribune 1 Mar. in Schele de Vere Americanisms 347 And before that time they would have been drugged, shanghaied, and taken away from all means of making complaint. 1887 S. Samuels From Forecastle to Cabin 46 To be carried or forced on board of a ship in this manner is what is termed in sailor parlance being shanghaied. b. transferred. To transfer forcibly or abduct; to constrain or compel. colloquial (originally U.S. Military slang). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > kidnap or abduct [verb (transitive)] reavec1175 ravishc1330 stealc1386 proloyne1439 rapec1450 abduce1537 rapt1571 spirit1657 kidnap1682 abduct1772 nobble1877 shanghai1919 snatch1932 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 1919 in Amer. Speech 1972 (1975) 47 97 The second third has been ‘shanghaied’ for garrison duty. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 21 May 7/5 Arguments will be heard..on Insuli's plea that that court has no jurisdiction over him because he was ‘shanghaied’ from Istanbul. 1958 People 4 May 15/6 We began to wonder if she'd got herself shanghaied. 1974 Sunday Times 15 Dec. 3/1 Hunt..thought he was being ‘Shanghai-ed’—prison jargon for a transfer to another prison as a punishment. 1976 J. Gibson As I saw It xxviii. 491 Most of my guests get shanghaied into giving a general knowledge talk to the boys. c. Darts. To eliminate (a player) from a game of shanghai. See shanghai n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > darts > [verb (transitive)] > actions shanghai1968 1968 N. E. Williamson Darts v. 46 Shanghai. One of the more popular dart games for a number of players... Usually two or three numbers most often 5, 7 and 9 are nominated as ‘Shanghai’ numbers, and a player not scoring on any one of these is ‘Shanghaied’ or out of the game. 1980 K. Turner Darts ix. 90 A more common variation is to ‘Shanghai’ players out of the game. Categories » 2. Australian. [See shanghai n. 2.] ‘To shoot with a shanghai’ ( Webster's Suppl. 1902). Derivatives shangˈhaier n. one who shanghais. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > kidnapper or abductor > [noun] man-thiefeOE men-stealer1526 man-stealer1582 spirit1611 plagiary1613 spiriter1665 kidnapper1678 silver-cooper1796 abductor1809 body snatcher1852 shanghaier1917 snatcher1932 society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > furnishing with crew > obtaining crew by violence > one who shanghaier1917 1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 19/1 Once..a shanghaier had been shanghaied by a rival shanghaier. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 152 Here I learned to beware the crafty shanghaier with his knockout drops. Draft additions 1993 shangˈhaied adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [adjective] > on board a vessel shanghaied1901 1901 Hall & Osborne Sunshine & Surf iv. 41 Instead of being off the shores of South America, the shanghaied cargo was lying in the harbour at Papeete. 1937 E. Pound Let. 30 Oct. (1971) 297 Thank heaven I have what is probably a Shanghai'd (pirated) edtn. of Kung and Mantse. shangˈhaiing n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > furnishing with crew > obtaining crew by violence shanghaiing1872 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun] rape1436 abreption1550 man-stealing1577 plagium1577 raptc1614 abduction1632 man-stealth1663 plagiary1673 kidnapping1682 enlevement1769 plagiat1809 body-snatching1840 kidnappery1890 snatching1931 shanghaiing1985 1872 J. D. McCabe Lights & Shadows N.Y. Life 784 The various methods of forcing a sailor to sea are called ‘Shanghaiing’. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas v. 276 Even children witnessed murders and shanghaiings..and endless brawls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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