| 释义 |
dress-down, a. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˌdrɛsˈdaʊn|, |ˈdrɛsˌdaʊn|, U.S. |ˈdrɛsˈˌdaʊn|
[‹ to dress down (see dress v. 7d).]
Designating a day (usually a Friday) on which a dress code in a workplace, etc., is not imposed, or on which employees are encouraged to dress more casually. Also in extended use: of or relating to this practice. Freq. in dress-down day, dress-down Friday.
1986Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 27 Oct. c8/1 Among the fundraising events have been dances, sales, dinners, and a dress-down day at the school (where a student may dress as he wishes for $1). 1988Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. iv. 1/1 Others sport them [sc. T-shirts] for FCA's traditional Friday ‘dress-down’ day. 1990Orlando Sentinel Tribune 22 June e3/1 In the summer, our office has ‘dress-down Fridays’. On these days we don't have to dress up quite as smartly as usual. 1995Times 26 Jan. 2/5 ‘Dress-down Friday’ has become so popular..in the US that it is beginning to spread into the rest of the week. 2000Independent 29 June 4/4 American bosses are urging staff to revert to formal dress codes after finding that ‘Dress Down’ days are an incitement to idleness and flirting. |