柯林斯詞典dressing-down 1. N-SING If someone gives you a dressing-down, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish. 責(zé)罵[非正式] 返回 dressing-down劍橋詞典an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong 斥責(zé)，訓(xùn)斥 She gave me a dressing-down for being late. 她斥責(zé)我去晚了。 返回 dressing-down