shanghai

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Verb

1. (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
2. (transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
3. (US, slang, transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
4. (US, slang, transitive) To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
5. (transitive) To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.

Noun

1. (capitalized, dated, often) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.
2. (US, obsolete) A kind of daub.
3. (US, obsolete) A tall dandy.
4. (capitalized, often) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.

Noun

Synonym of slingshot.

Từ đồng nghĩa

catapult

impress

slingshot

swindle

Bản dịch

schanghaien

shangaïer

lance-pierre

kidnapper

sjanghaaien

slinger

katapult

ναυτολογώ διά βίας

ναυτολογώ διά δόλου

enivrer

griser

fionda

inebriare

ubriacare

sciangaizzaire

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former practice by some shippers on the West Coast of the United States of press-ganging crews for fishing or shipping in the Pacific Ocean.