see|Shanghai
English
Etymology
From w:Shanghai|Shanghai, with reference to the former practice of forcibly crewing ships heading for the Orient.
Pronunciation
IPA|/��ei�hai/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ|-aɪ
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.
#*1999: It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied. � �The Resurrection of Tom Waits�, Rolling Stone 24 Jun 1999 (Innocent When You Dream, Orion 2006, p. 256)
- transitive To abduct or coerce.
- transitive To commandeer; appropriate; hijack
#:Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.
Translations
trans-top|To force or trick into joining a ship
Danish: shanghaje
trans-mid
German: schanghaien
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Category:Chinese derivations
de:shanghai
fa:shanghai
vi:shanghai
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