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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shake·down /ˈʃekˌdaʊn/
 臨時的便床,搖落,鎮靜(a.)試航的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shakedown
      adj : 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)