shakedown
n
1 improvised bed 临时床铺: a shakedown on the floor 地铺.
2 (US infml 口) act of getting money by violence, threats, etc 勒索; 敲诈.
3 (US infml 口) thorough search 彻底的搜查
a shakedown of drug dealers 对毒贩进行的彻底搜查.
4 final test, eg of a ship, aircraft, etc 最後的测试(如对船、 飞行器等的)
[attrib 作定语]
a shakedown voyage, flight, trial, etc 最後试航、 试飞、 试用等.
🗣️ 情景例句
To smell the flowers.
去轻松一下。
Call a spade a spade.
据实而言。
After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.