shanghai

• n. 上海（中国東部の港湾都市）

上海の上海から。19世紀半ば、上海の港で船員として働くようにだまし取られた多くの若者にちなんで名づけられた。

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 .

私は上海の書店で彼に会った.

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

彼女の右側では、彼女は上海という都市をはるかに見分けることができる。

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

この骨董品は私が上海の小さな店で偶然出会ったものです。

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

上海は中国で最も重要な工業基地である。

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

は、近日中に上海に到着することができます。