shanghai

shanghai

　　美 [,ʃæŋ'haɪ]

n. 上海（中國東部港市）

中文詞源：

shanghai 誆騙，欺騙

來自 Shanghai,上海。因在 19 世紀中期在上海港口大量誆騙年青人到海上當水手而得名。

例句：

1. I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.
我在上海的一傢書店裡碰到瞭他.

2. Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.
在她的右側, 她能遠遠地分辨出上海這座城市.

3. I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.
這古玩是我在上海的一傢小店裡偶然碰到的.

4. Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.
上海是中國最重要的工業基地.

5. He'll get to Shanghai in a day or two.
他日內就能抵滬.