dressing-down

英 [ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌdresɪŋ ˈdaʊn]

n.  训斥; 责骂

牛津词典

noun

• 训斥；责骂
  an occasion when sb speaks angrily to a person because they have done sth wrong

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 训斥;责骂
  If someonegivesyoua dressing-down, they speak angrily to you because you have done something bad or foolish.
  1. I gave him a good dressing-down.
     我痛骂了他一顿。

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