| 单词 | shake down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake down a. To put into a quaking, quivering, or vibrating motion (a thing normally firm or fixed); to cause (a structure) to totter; hence, to impair the stability of, to weaken; occasionally †to loosen (something rooted). to shake down: to cause to totter and fall. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > cause to move unsteadily [verb (transitive)] > cause to totter shakec1050 overswaya1586 totter1613 brandle1622 labefactate1645 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cause to totter and fall to shake downc1400 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > make weak [verb (transitive)] shake1569 enervate1667 shock1726 weaken1827 c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 320 Þe þænne swyðlice þa heannyssa þæs roderes scecð mid his þodenum. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7259 Þe post þat al þat huse vpbare Wit bath his handes he it scok. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 17 He tuke þe post in his armes and schoke doune all þe hous apon þam. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iii. xi. 123 And with his great artillary [he] sore battered and shaked the Walles. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxxi. 146 With ye other shot past, they had somwhat shaken their yron works. 1610 tr. Gaultier's Rodomontados E 2 A Bullet..fel into my mouth, shook two of my formost teeth, without iniury or offence vnto mee. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 64 The Regent..by secret mining, and violent Batteries so shooke the Walls, that they agreed to yeild it up. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion iii. 17 The tremulous motion of the Air..has been able sensibly to shake..the glass-windows of houses. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 119 Jove..Shakes all the Thrones of Heav'n. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lxxx. 105 Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxviii. 133 Not less the yet-lov'd sire would..shake The pillars of domestic peace. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 63 A peal like that of thunder shook the air. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 58 Parts of two monasteries had been shaken down by earthquakes. to shake down a. With adverb or phrase: To reduce by shaking (sense 7) to a specified condition. to shake down: to cause to settle or subside by shaking. to shake together: to shake so as to ensure intimate mixture or subsidence into smaller compass. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] > shake together or up to shake togetherc1384 to shake up1753 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > concentrate or condense > by shaking to shake togetherc1384 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > by kneading, stirring, etc. > by shaking to shake togetherc1384 to shake up1753 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > into a specific condition shakec1384 to shake out1608 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to sink, settle, or subside > by shaking to shake down1611 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake > cause to settle by shaking to shake down1611 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke vi. 38 A good mesure, and wel fillid, and shakun to gidere. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Voiturer Throughly to digest, (or, as we say, to shake downe) his meat by..exercise. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 173 [They] dare not shake the snow from off their Cassockes, least they shake themselues to peeces. View more context for this quotation 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 127 Some [of the dancers] there were so ragged, that a swift Galliard would almost have shaked them into nakedness. 1735 A. Pope Of Char. of Women 15 Heav'n..Shakes all together, and produces—You. c1749 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 24 July (1966) II. 434 The Land so stony I was almost shook to pieces. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 792 Shake the mixture well together. 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 117/2 She was shaking her match out, as women do [after lighting the gas]. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell in Plays II. 209 She shakes her dress into order..and goes to the window. to shake down (a) to shake down: to find temporary accommodation, esp. with reference to sleeping, to occupy a ‘shake-down’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] liec1000 harbourc1200 sojournc1290 layc1300 sojourc1330 to make, take (up) one's lodging1362 pilgrimagea1382 bield?a1400 lodgec1400 tarryc1400 to make (one's) residence1433 harbingec1475 harbry1513 stay1554 roost?1555 embower1591 quarter1591 leaguer1596 allodge1601 tenta1616 visit1626 billet1628 to lie abroad1650 tabernacle1653 sojourney1657 canton1697 stop1797 to shake down1858 to hole up1875 perendinate1886 shack1935 cotch1950 1858–9 W. H. Russell My Diary in India (1860) I. iii. 40 An eligible apartment in which some five or six of us ‘shook down’ for the night. 1869 Punch 24 July 31/1 I have often professed myself able to shake down anywhere and rough it. 1888 H. R. Haggard Mr. Meeson's Will xi She was led off to the cabin occupied by the captain and his wife.., the captain shaking down where he could. to shake down c. to shake down: intransitive and reflexive, to settle down, to accommodate oneself to circumstances, a condition, position, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > become accustomed inure1598 want1627 use1836 to shake down1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (reflexive)] > accustom oneself > become accustomed acclimate1822 acclimatize1844 to shake down1959 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. x. 178 Mr. Cheviot, as the family shook down together, became less afraid of Ethel. 1875 A. Trollope Prime Minister (1876) I. vii. 109 You'll find they'll shake down after the usual amount of resistance and compliance. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin i. 4 You needn't look so scared. You'll soon shake down. Is this your first ship? 1959 Times 31 May 11/2 By the time a new American President has..shaken himself down in the White House, the West German federal elections..will be approaching. 1973 Times 26 Apr. 17/1 Agricultural prices..produced..several sharp clashes of interest. This is an integral part of the process of shaking down. 1980 R. Adams Girl in Swing (1981) xxii. 307 And how is the beautiful Karin? Is she shaking down nicely in England? to shake down c. to shake down, to extort money from, to blackmail or otherwise pressurize (a person) for (occasionally of) money, etc. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] ransom?a1425 to poll and pill1528 exact1534 bloodsuck?1541 extort1561 rack1576 flay1584 shave1606 wire-draw1616 punisha1626 sponge1631 squeeze1639 screwa1643 to screw up1655 bleed1680 torture1687 to screw down1725 to shake down1872 to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918 to bleed white1935 rent1956 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. viii Shake, out to ‘shake down’; to extort money from individuals. 1916 J. London Let. 12 Oct. (1966) 473 ‘Uncle Charley’..then proceeded to shake you down in proper money-lender..fashion. 1927 ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions Rum-runner xiv. 148 For only last week they were shook down for five hundred by a stray fellow from the Department. 1949 Los Angeles Times 5 May 1/3 Ferguson..accused them of trying to ‘shakedown’ Mickey Cohen of $5000. 1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy vii. 54 ‘You weren't by any chance trying to shake him down?’..‘No, sir. Not a penny.’ 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 ii. 28 He left after shaking her down for four bits for carrying the bags. 1976 ‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die xxii. 144 Sickert had been shaken down for protection money. to shake down d. to shake down, (esp. of police, etc.) to search (a person or place). slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 1915 N.Y. World 9 May (Suppl.) 14/1 Frisk, to shake down or search. 1955 D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 46 They..shook down my hotel. 1968 Listener 15 Feb. 210/1 Inmate guards have been in complete control of the prison. They..shook down incoming prisoners to take radios and watches and so on. 1977 D. Bagley Enemy xvii. 141 Once Mayberry had been shaken down the guards were taken from Penny and Gillian. 1979 D. Anthony Long Hard Cure xxv. 198 The Sony had been in plain sight... Billy Combs was shaking down the rest of the house. < as lemmas |
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