shanghai
verb[T]
informaluk/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/us/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/toforcesomeone to do something or gosomewhere:
强迫（某人）做（某事)；强迫（某人）到（某地）The twogroupswere shanghaiedintosigningtheagreement,despitetheirobjections.这两个小组尽管反对，但还是被迫签署了协议。
Thehomelessare being shanghaied off thestreetsin somecities.在一些城市里，无家可归的人被强迫离开街道。
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- ramsomethingintosomeone
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- slap
- squeeze
- trap
shanghai
noun[C]
Australian Englishuk/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/us/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/(UKcatapult,USslingshot)a Y-shapedstickorpieceofmetalwith apieceofelastic(=materialthatstretches)attachedto thetopparts, usedespeciallybychildrenforshootingsmallstones
弹弓
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- catapult
- goad
- haft
- halberd
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- rapier
- sabre
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shank
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield