| 单词 | dress-down |
| 释义 | dress-down[ dres-doun ] / ˈdrɛsˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dress-down ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivepertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual: dress-down days during the summer. Words nearby dress-downdress, dressage, dress circle, dress coat, dress code, dress-down, dress-down Friday, dressed to kill, dresser, dresser set, dress form Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dress-downdress down verb (adverb)(tr) informal to reprimand severely or scold (a person) (intr) to dress in a casual or informal manner, esp at work Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dress-downdress down Scold, reprimand, as in The sergeant will dress down the entire unit. In the 15th century the verb dress alone was used in the sense of “punish,” down being added several centuries later. It also gave rise to the noun dressing down for punishment with blows or words. For example, The teacher gave the girls a severe dressing down. Wear informal clothes, as in It's best to dress down for a party like a barbecue. [Mid-1900s] For the antonym, see dress up. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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