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Shang·hai 1
(shăng-hī′, shäng′-) A city of eastern China at the mouth of the Yangtze River southeast of Nanjing. The largest city in the country, it was a treaty port following the Opium War (1839-1842). France, Great Britain, and the United States all held large concessions in the city until the early 1900s.
Shang·hai 2
(shăng-hī′)n.
See Cochin2.
[After Shanghai1.]
shang·hai
(shăng-hī′, shăng′hī′)tr.v. shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais
1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.
[After Shanghai1from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China.]
shang·hai′er n.
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Shanghai
(ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ)n
(Placename) a port in E China, capital of Shanghai municipality (traditionally in SE Jiangsu) near the estuary of the Yangtze: the largest city in China and one of the largest ports in the world; a major cultural and industrial centre, with many universities. Pop: 12 665 000 (2005 est)
shanghai
(ˈʃæŋhaɪ; ʃæŋˈhaɪ)vb (tr) , -hais, -haiing or -haied
1. (Nautical Terms) to kidnap (a man or seaman) for enforced service at sea, esp on a merchant ship
2. to force or trick (someone) into doing something, going somewhere, etc
3. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Austral and NZ to shoot with a catapult
n
(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Austral and NZ a catapult
[C19: from the city of Shanghai; from the forceful methods formerly used to collect crews for voyages to the Orient]
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shang•hai
(ˈʃæŋ haɪ, ʃæŋˈhaɪ)v.t. -haied, -hai•ing.
to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force.
[1870–75, Amer.; after Shanghai]
Shang•hai
(ʃæŋˈhaɪ)n.
a seaport and municipality in Jiangsu province, in E China, near the mouth of the Chang Jiang. 7,830,000 (municipality 13,560,000).
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shanghai
Past participle: shanghaied
Gerund: shanghaiing
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| Noun | 1. |  Shanghai - the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the worldCathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world |
| Verb | 1. | shanghai - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" |
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Translations
Schanghaischanghaien
شانگهای
shanghaijata
שאנגחאי
elrabolSanghaj
Shanghai
sjanghaja
Shanghai
[ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ] N → Shanghai mshanghai
[ʃæŋˈhaɪ] VT to shanghai sb (Naut) (archaic) → narcotizar or emborrachar a algn y llevarle como marinero (fig) → secuestrar a algnCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shanghai
vt (Naut) → schanghaien; to shanghai somebody into doing something (fig inf) → jdn zwingen, etw zu tun
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