press-gang

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A body of men employed to force others (impress them) into military service, especially naval service.
    — "If this is a press gang," Lyle remarked, "you should know that my diet is extremely poor, I'm too tall for trenches and I blow away in a light breeze."
动词 v.
  1. To force (someone) into military or naval service. transitive
  2. To coerce (somebody) into doing something that they are reluctant to do. transitive

词形变化

press-gangs plural pressgang alternative press gang alternative press-gangs present,singular,third-person press-ganging participle,present press-ganged participle,past press-ganged past pressgang alternative press gang alternative

词源

词源 1
From press + gang.
词源 2
From press + gang.
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