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shakedown 音标拼音: [ʃ'ekd ,ɑʊn] n. 临时的便床,摇落,镇静
a. 试航的 临时的便床,摇落,镇静试航的 shakedown adj 1: intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; " a shakedown cruise" n 1: initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; " the new industry' s economic shakedown" 2: a very thorough search of a person or a place; " a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" 3: extortion of money ( as by blackmail) Shakedown \ Shake" down`\, n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " shakedown": Gedankenexperiment, audition, badger game, bench test, blackmail, bloodsucking, dry run, extortion, flight test, hearing, pilot plan, practical test, practice, protection racket, rehearsal, road test, shakedown cruise, test flight, test run, trial run, tryout, vampirism, workout
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