• n. 上海（中国东部港市）

来自 Shanghai,上海。因在 19 世纪中期在上海港口大量诓骗年青人到海上当水手而得名。

shanghai (v.)

"to drug a man unconscious and ship him as a sailor," 1854, American English, from the practice of kidnapping to fill the crews of ships making extended voyages, such as to the Chinese seaport of Shanghai.

Shanghai

Chinese seaport, literally "by the sea," from Shang "on, above" + hai "sea." In 19c., a long-legged breed of hens, supposed to have come from there; hence U.S. slang senses relating to long, tall persons or things.

1. I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.

我在上海的一家书店里碰到了他.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.

在她的右侧, 她能远远地分辨出上海这座城市.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.

这古玩是我在上海的一家小店里偶然碰到的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.

上海是中国最重要的工业基地.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He'll get to Shanghai in a day or two.

他日内就能抵沪.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》