英 [ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn] 美 [ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn]
严厉训斥：指严厉批评或责备某人的行为或表现。
a severe scolding
同义词： castigation / earful / bawling out / chewing out / upbraiding / going-over
... dressing disinfection 服装除毒 dressing down 狠狠训斥 揍 dressing floor 整理车间 ...
... charge sheet （警察局的）被起诉者名录 dressing down 训斥、责骂 ritualize (BrE ritualise)使仪式化，使程式化 ...
dress down vtr US informal (scold, belittle) 美国用法，非正式用语 责骂, 斥责 dressing down 痛骂，厉声呵斥 drive down vtr (force to decrease) 压低 ..
The elder brother dressing down the younger.
哥哥责怪弟弟道。
A public dressing down for her dowdiness and shyness (" Bird, why can't you look nice, like Connie here? "), and she would take it on the chin.
当众训斥她的邋遢和害羞(“鸟儿，为什么你不能优雅美丽些呢？就像康妮这样！”)
But she was out of “RP” (renpin), which means “luck” in online slang-speak: Her boss confused at reading her notes, gave her a real dressing down.
可是小薇却没有那么好的RP(人品，在网络火星文中指的是运气的意思)——她的老板根本看不懂她写的是什么，并把她狠狠地批了一通。
You came down in my dressing room and you said, 'Kid,this ain't your night.' We're going for the price on Wilson?'
VOA : special.2009.11.30
Christie quickly became a YouTube star with his town hall dressing down of a complaining public school teacher.
Image consultants say that their most important advice on dressing down is that grooming becomes more, not less, important.
But we were there when the editor, ashen-faced, took a phone call from her that was obviously a dressing down.