land-shark

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of landshark. alt-of,alternative
    — They determined to drive the land-sharks out, let the consequences be what they might.
动词 v.
  1. To move along the ground in a sinuous fashion similar to the way a shark swims.
    — Staffer Mark Hoyer (riding a Suzuki Hayabusa for unfair, incoherent contrast) and I would land-shark our way through the mountain roads near Mount Palomar for a full day of riding.
  2. To engage in land-sharking; to rapaciously acquire large amounts of land in order to sell it off at extremely high profits. intransitive
    — The honorable member took up the land question because it was popular, but at one time he land-sharked the country right and left.
  3. To sell (someone) land at an exorbitant price. transitive
    — In the District of Victoria, for instance, if a man wished to obtain possession of a section near his own he could not get it there; and if he came to Adelaide he was land-sharked.

词形变化

land-sharks present,singular,third-person land-sharking participle,present land-sharked participle,past land-sharked past land-sharks plural
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