999英语网 英语单词
Shakedown的音标发音
Shakedown
英式发音：['ekdan] or ['ekdan]
美式发音
(noun.) extortion of money (as by blackmail).
(noun.) a very thorough search of a person or a place; 'a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs'.
(noun.) initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; 'the new industry's economic shakedown'.
(adj.) intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; 'a shakedown cruise' .
编辑:罗伊
