shake down

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to. transitive
    — shake down apples from an apple tree.
  2. To shake someone so money falls from their pockets. transitive
  3. To extort money from (someone) by means of threats. broadly,slang,transitive
    — He left after shaking her down for four bits for carrying the bags.
  4. To search exhaustively. slang,transitive
  5. To subject something to a shakedown test.

词形变化

shakes down present,singular,third-person shaking down participle,present shook down past shaken down participle,past
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