"shanghai" 怎么发音

word

US

/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/

shang-HY

UK

/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/

shang-HY

释义

To force someone to do something or go somewhere, especially by trickery or kidnapping. Originally, it referred to kidnapping people to make them work on ships.

IPA 音标

美式英语

/ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ/

英式英语

/ʃæŋhˈaɪ/

简化发音

美式

shang-HY

英式

shang-HY

语境中听

Sailors were sometimes shanghaied in old port cities.

He was shanghaied into helping us move.

People were afraid of being shanghaied at night.

I got shanghaied into babysitting for my neighbors this weekend.