| 单词 | dressing down |
| 释义 | dressing down (once / 47468 pages) n WORD FAMILY dress down: dressed down, dresses down, dressing down USAGE EXAMPLESFor Elizabeth, that means dressing down elder statesmen and repeatedly disappointing those closest to her in order to preserve the integrity of the monarchy. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) Gruden was criticized for his unusual public dressing down of Griffin, and supposedly told to shut up. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) “Paradoxically, for somebody who became infamous for supposedly being frivolous and overly committed to luxurious excess, she was actually all about dressing down,” Weber says. National Geographic(Oct 14, 2016) n a severe scolding Syn|Hyper bawling out, castigation, chewing out, earful, going-over, upbraiding rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval an act or expression of criticism and censure |
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