shanghai
美[,???'ha?]
- n. 上海（中國東部港市）
助記提示
1. 拼音：傷害; 上海。
中文詞源
shanghai 誆騙，欺騙
來自 Shanghai,上海。因在 19 世紀中期在上海港口大量誆騙年青人到海上當水手而得名。
英文詞源
- shanghai (v.)
- "to drug a man unconscious and ship him as a sailor," 1854, American English, from the practice of kidnapping to fill the crews of ships making extended voyages, such as to the Chinese seaport of Shanghai.
- Shanghai
- Chinese seaport, literally "by the sea," from Shang "on, above" + hai "sea." In 19c., a long-legged breed of hens, supposed to have come from there; hence U.S. slang senses relating to long, tall persons or things.
雙語例句
- 1. I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.
- 我在上海的一家書店里碰到了他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.
- 在她的右側, 她能遠遠地分辨出上海這座城市.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.
- 這古玩是我在上海的一家小店里偶然碰到的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.
- 上海是中國最重要的工業基地.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. He'll get to Shanghai in a day or two.
- 他日內就能抵滬.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》