shake down

释义

1. 1

   口语

   融入新环境；适应新工作

   to become familiar with a new situation and begin to work well in it

2. 2

   shake sb / sth down

   彻底搜查（某人、某地）

   to search a person or place in a very thorough way

3. 3

   shake sb / sth down

   勒索；敲诈

   to threaten sb in order to get money from them

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• Shake her down.Jumanji: The Next Level2019
• Go shake down a 7-Eleven for a day-old wiener.As Good as It Gets1997
• Now, go shake down your gear, see the platoon sergeant, draw what you need for the field.Forrest Gump1994
• We tell you who's moving against you, and we shake down who you want shaken down.Scarface1983
• Yeah, we gotta shake 'em down. Take Moreno, I'll take O'Brien.Bad Boys1983

在完整场景里学

• 坏小子1983
  • 狱警训话宣读规矩：top of the class（名列前茅）
  • 入监报到互报罪名：only thing was（唯一的问题是）
  • 念罪状拆穿他的意外说：a real class act（模范人物）

同一词条的短语

• shake in your shoes
• shake a leg
• shake the foundations of
• shake off
• shake on
• shake out
• shake up
• shake up
• in two shakes
• a fair shake
• be no great shakes