shanghaiing
present participle ofshanghai
单词 | shanghaiing |
释义 | shanghaiing present participle ofshanghai shanghai verb[T] informaluk/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/us/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/toforcesomeone to do something or gosomewhere: The twogroupswere shanghaiedintosigningtheagreement,despitetheirobjections. Thehomelessare being shanghaied off thestreetsin somecities. Causing somebody to act
Examplesofshanghaiingshanghaiing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In other words, there will be a further check, and noshanghaiing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The terms crimping andshanghaiingare used to describe this type of work. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These laws put an end to common practices such as flogging andshanghaiing, and increased shipboard safety and living standards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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