land-shark
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Alternative form of landshark.
— They determined to drive the land-sharks out, let the consequences be what they might.
动词 v.
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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.
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To engage in land-sharking; to rapaciously acquire large amounts of land in order to sell it off at extremely high profits.
— The honorable member took up the land question because it was popular, but at one time he land-sharked the country right and left.
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To sell (someone) land at an exorbitant price.
— 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.
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