释义 |
dressing-downˌdressing-ˈdown noun [singular]  - Pippin was given a public dressing-down, and ordered to precede his father to Francia.
- The dressing-down comes as a 60 percent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday.
► give somebody/get a dressing-down The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. an occasion when you talk angrily to someone because they have done something wronggive somebody/get a dressing-down The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. |