shanghai

美[,ʃæŋ'haɪ]

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n. 上海（中国东部港市）

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中文词源

shanghai 诓骗，欺骗

来自 Shanghai,上海。因在 19 世纪中期在上海港口大量诓骗年青人到海上当水手而得名。

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1. 拼音：伤害; 上海。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.: 我在上海的一家书店里碰到了他.

2. Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.: 在她的右侧, 她能远远地分辨出上海这座城市.

3. I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.: 这古玩是我在上海的一家小店里偶然碰到的.

4. Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.: 上海是中国最重要的工业基地.

5. He'll get to Shanghai in a day or two.: 他日内就能抵沪.

英英释意

1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship;: "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

考试真题

A commentary in the Shanghai Daily points out that innovation doesn't mean piles of documents.

In Shanghai, a young couple at a marriage registration office told the paper that they decided to register their marriage as soon as possible to take advantage of the existing policy because an extra holiday was a big deal for them.

Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.

Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong gonk, says it regularly arranges quick getaways here for people living in Shanghai and Hong gonk.

Now she is conceiving a romance that has Shanghai of the 1930s as the setting.

To celebrate Asia heritage month, trendy New York is proud to present "Cheongsam night out--a date with Cheongsam beauties in Shanghai bund 1930".

实用场景例句

My brother called me from Shanghai last night.: 我的兄弟昨晚从上海打电话给我.

The ship sails for Shanghai tomorrow.: 这船明天开往上海.

We embarked at Shanghai for Qingdao.: 我们在上海上船去青岛.

He flew to New York via Shanghai.: 他取道上海飞往纽约.

She'll return by Shanghai.: 她将经上海回来.

Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.: 上海是中国最重要的工业基地.

He'll get to Shanghai in a day or two.: 他日内就能抵沪.

I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.: 我在上海的一家书店里碰到了他.

The ticket reads to Beijing via Shanghai.: 车票上写明经上海到北京.

He went to Shanghai, and then to Hangzhou.: 他到了上海, 而后又到了杭州.

He has been transferred from Beijing to Shanghai.: 他已从北京被调到上海.

The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.: 这艘船满载货物驶往上海.

Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.: 在她的右侧, 她能远远地分辨出上海这座城市.

They traveled to Shanghai in third class.: 他们乘三等舱去上海旅行.

He went to Shanghai and then to HangZhou.: 他到了上海,后来又到了杭州.

I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.: 这古玩是我在上海的一家小店里偶然碰到的.

When is the train due at Shanghai?: 火车该什么时候到上海?

He had to make a quick change at Shanghai.: 他不得不在上海匆忙换车.

He once lived in Shanghai.: 他曾经在上海住过.

This is a through train to Shanghai.: 这是开往上海的直达火车.

This train is bound from Shanghai to Nanjing.: 这列火车是从上海开往南京的.

Shanghai has good shopping.: 在上海买东西方便.

I was in Shanghai then.: 那时我在上海.

He is at present in Shanghai.: 目前他正在上海.

We went direct from Beijing to Shanghai.: 我们直接从北京到上海.

One can travel from Shanghai to Wuhan by water.: 由上海到武汉可以走水路.

Please get me Shanghai.: 请给我接上海.

The vessel is sailing from Hongkong to Shanghai.: 这船从香港开航驶往上海.

The Council resolved that the next tournament should be held in Shanghai.: 理事会决定下次比赛在上海举行.

It's on the cards that we'll meet in Shanghai next month.: 我们有可能下个月在上海见面.

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