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单词 dump
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dump

verb
 
/dʌmp/
/dʌmp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dump
/dʌmp/
/dʌmp/
he / she / it dumps
/dʌmps/
/dʌmps/
past simple dumped
/dʌmpt/
/dʌmpt/
past participle dumped
/dʌmpt/
/dʌmpt/
-ing form dumping
/ˈdʌmpɪŋ/
/ˈdʌmpɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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    get rid of

  1.  
    dump something to get rid of something you do not want, especially in a place that is not suitable
    • Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea.
    • The dead body was just dumped by the roadside.
    • Any vessel dumping at sea without a licence will be prosecuted.
    Wordfinder
    • drain
    • dump
    • effluent
    • exhaust
    • fly-tip
    • incinerator
    • landfill
    • rubbish
    • sewage
    • waste
    Topics The environmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • illegally
    • legally
    • unceremoniously
    See full entry
  2. dump somebody/something (on somebody) (informal) to get rid of somebody/something or leave them for somebody else to deal with
    • He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me.
  3. dump something (business) to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country
  4. put down

  5.  
    dump something/somebody (informal) to put something/somebody down in a careless or untidy way
    • Just dump your stuff over there—we'll sort it out later.
    Extra Examples
    • He dumped the boxes down in the kitchen.
    • They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • illegally
    • legally
    • unceremoniously
    See full entry
  6. end relationship

  7.  
    dump somebody (informal) to end a romantic relationship with somebody
    • Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend?
    Topics Family and relationshipsc1
  8. computing

  9. dump something to copy information and move it somewhere to store it
  10. Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.
Idioms
drop/dump something in somebody’s lap
  1. (informal) to make something the responsibility of another person
    • They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.

dump

noun
/dʌmp/
/dʌmp/
see also dumps
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    for waste

  1. a place where waste or rubbish is taken and left
    • (British English) a rubbish dump
    • (North American English) a garbage dump
    • the municipal dump
    • a toxic/nuclear waste dump
    Extra Examples
    • Radioactive waste has been found at the dump.
    • They took the mattress to the dump.
    • a new dump for nuclear waste
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • garbage
    • refuse
    • rubbish
    dump + noun
    • site
    • truck
    preposition
    • at a/​the dump
    • to a/​the dump
    • dump for
    See full entry
  2. (also mine dump)
    (South African English) a hill that is formed when waste sand from the mining of gold is piled in one place over a period of time
  3. dirty place

  4. (informal, disapproving) a dirty or unpleasant place
    • How can you live in this dump?
  5. for weapons

  6. a temporary store for military supplies
    • an ammunition dump
  7. computing

  8. an act of copying data stored in a computer; a copy or list of the contents of this data see also screen dump
  9. waste from body

  10. [countable] (slang) an act of passing waste matter from the body through the bowels
    • to have a dump
  11. Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.
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