英语词汇dress down的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dress down
词源	dress down. To severely reprimand or censure someone, as in “He gave him a good dressing down.” This was probably originally a mining term describing the breaking and crushing of various ores into a powdery form.
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