| 单词 | dump |
| 释义 | dump (dʌmp ) Word forms: dumps , dumping , dumped 1. verb If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. [informal] We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] He got my haversack from the cab and dumped it at my feet. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: drop, stick [informal], deposit, set down 2. verb If something is dumped somewhere, it is put or left there because it is no longer wanted or needed. [informal] The getaway car was dumped near a motorway tunnel. [be VERB-ed] A million tonnes of untreated sewage is dumped into the sea. [be VERB-ed] The government declared that it did not dump radioactive waste at sea. [VERB noun] Synonyms: get rid of, tip, discharge, discard dumping uncountable noun German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil. 3. countable noun A dump is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town. ...companies that bring their rubbish straight to the dump. The walled garden was used as a dump. Synonyms: rubbish tip, tip [British], dumping ground, scrapyard 4. countable noun If you say that a place is a dump, you think it is ugly and unpleasant to live in or visit. [informal, disapproval] 'What a dump!' Christabel said, standing in the doorway of the youth hostel. 5. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A dump is a place where an army stores food and weapons temporarily while it is stationed in a particular place. 6. verb To dump something such as an idea, policy, or practice means to stop supporting or using it. [informal] Ministers believed it was vital to dump the poll tax before the election. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scrap, axe [informal], get rid of, abolish 7. verb If a firm or company dumps goods, it sells large quantities of them at prices far below their real value, usually in another country, in order to gain a bigger market share or to keep prices high in the home market. [business] It produces more than it needs, then dumps its surplus onto the world market. [VERB noun] 8. verb If you dump someone, you end your relationship with them. [informal] I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. [VERB noun] She was dumped by her long-term lover after five years. [VERB noun] ...parents who dump the kids in the play area and go off elsewhere. [VERB noun] Synonyms: jilt, drop, abandon, desert 9. verb If you say that a parent dumps a child with someone, you are criticizing the parent for leaving the child to be looked after by that person. [informal, disapproval] I was sometimes dumped with my grandmother or left with highly unsuitable au pairs. [be V-ed with n] He can't cope and dumps his two teenage boys on them to be looked after. [VERB noun on noun] 10. verb To dump computer data or memory means to copy it from one storage system onto another, such as from disk to magnetic tape. [computing] All the data is then dumped into the main computer. [VERB noun + into] 11. countable noun A dump is a list of the data that is stored in a computer's memory at a particular time. Dumps are often used by computer programmers to find out what is causing a problem with a program. [computing] ...a screen dump. 12. verb If someone dumps on you, they treat you very badly and unfairly. [informal] He was a nice guy, Mona. He didn't dump on me. [VERB on noun] 13. down in the dumps phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable. [informal] She's feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up. Synonyms: down, low, blue, sad Translations: Chinese: 垃圾堆, 倾倒 Japanese: ごみ捨て場, 投げ捨てる |
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