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词汇 shanghai
释义 Shanghai
noun
uk /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/ us /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/
a large city in the eastern part of China:
I'm going to Shanghai on a business trip.
Yan was born in Shanghai and her first novel was published in China.
The Shanghai stock market is up 75%.
We arrived in Shanghai the following morning.
He lives in a small town 20 miles from Shanghai.
Originally a Shanghai dish, the oversized pork meatballs and greens would have been cooked in a sand clay pot.
He is based in the firm's Shanghai office.
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Towns & regions: city names & their inhabitants
Aberdeen
Aberdonian
Abidjan
Abu Dhabi
Abuja
Brisbane
Bristol
Brno
Brum
Brussels
Florence
Florentine
Fortaleza
Frankfort
Frankfurt am Main
Naples
Nashville
Neapolitan
New Orleans
New South Wales
shanghai
verb[ T ]
 informal sometimes offensiveuk /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/ us /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/
to force someone to do something or go somewhere: 强迫(某人)做(某事);强迫(某人)到(某地)
be shanghaied intoThe two groups were shanghaied into signing the agreement, despite their objections.这两个小组尽管反对,但还是被迫签署了协议。
The homeless are being shanghaied off the streets in some cities.在一些城市里,无家可归的人被强迫离开街道。
Note:

This verb may be considered offensive to people from the city of Shanghai.
shanghai
noun[ C ]
Australian Englishuk /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/ us /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/(UKcatapult, USslingshot)
a Y-shaped stick or piece of metal with a piece of elastic (= material that stretches) attached to the top parts, used especially by children for shooting small stones弹弓
 
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Hand weapons
basket hilt
battleaxe
bayonet
blowgun
blowpipe
double-edged sword
falchion
flick knife
goad
haft
halberd
rapier
recurve
rocket-propelled grenade
RPG
sabre
scabbard
trident
two-edged
unfond
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