dress down

普段着を着る、カジュアルな服装をする

普段や期待される服装よりも、くだけた服を着ること。

やさしい英語で： To wear clothes that are less formal than usual or than people expect.

• We dress down on Fridays.
• She dressed down for the family lunch.
• Is it acceptable to dress down for this meeting?

使い方： dress down for something (You can dress down for the office picnic.)

類義語： dress casually

反対語： dress up

よく使う表現： dress down today, dress down for work

叱りつける、厳しく叱る

悪いことをした人に、怒って厳しく注意すること。

やさしい英語で： To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss dressed me down.
• She dressed down the team for missing the deadline.
• He was dressed down in front of his colleagues.

使い方： dress someone down for something (The manager dressed him down for arriving late.)

類義語： scold, tell off, reprimand

反対語： praise

よく使う表現： dress someone down, dress down someone

魚をさばく、下処理する

釣った魚の内臓、頭、骨を取り除き、食べられるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To remove the insides, head, and bones of a caught fish to prepare it for eating.

• We dressed down the fish on the boat.
• He showed me how to dress a trout down.
• They dressed down their catch before cooking it.

使い方： dress down a fish / dress a fish down (The fisherman dressed down the fish before selling them.)

類義語： clean, gut

よく使う表現： dress down fish, dress something down