"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.
雙語例句
1. I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.
我在上海的一家書店里碰到了他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Distantly, to her right, she could make out the city of Shanghai.
在她的右側(cè), 她能遠遠地分辨出上海這座城市.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I struck on that antique in a small shop in Shanghai.
這古玩是我在上海的一家小店里偶然碰到的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.