英语词汇“shake down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	shake down
释义	shake down verb Etymology: shake (I) + down, adverb *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to take up temporary quarters < a good plan for me to shake down in New York alone … before you join me — Margaret A. Barnes > b. : to occupy an improvised or hastily prepared bed < had to be content to shake down with blankets in the inn parlor — B.L.K.Henderson > 2. a. : to become accustomed or conditioned especially to new surroundings or new duties < four months … was long enough for a new man to shake down — Edwards Park > b. : to undergo a period of adjustment : settle down < until the whole entertainment business shakes down and new patterns have been established — Publishers' Weekly > 3. : to become reduced < the fighting shook down to a straight infantry battle — Newsweek > *transitive verb* 1. : to obtain money from in a dishonest or illegal manner (as under pretense of official authority or under promise of protection) < impostors … shook down soldiers by pretending to arrest them — Dixon Wecter > 2. : to make a thorough search of < decided to shake down the inmates to make sure nothing had been smuggled into the jail — Police Detective > 3. : to bring about a reduction of < ordered … to shake down the hundreds of duplicating and overlapping service boards — Time > 4. : to test on a shakedown cruise < the work … included training men and shaking down the ships for the Pacific theater — Walter Karig >
随便看	spread of risk spread oneself spreads spread-set spreadsheet spreadsheeting spready spreagh spreaghery spreath sprechery sprechstimme spreckled spree spree spree drinker spreeuw sprengel sprengel explosive sprengel pump sprengel tube sprent spret sprier spriest

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。