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dump

UK /dʌmp/US /dʌmp/

词源

源自中古英语dompen(重击落下),可能源于斯堪的纳维亚语系,与挪威方言dumpa(重重落下)相关。

verb

❶ 随意丢弃或倾倒物品,通常指不负责任地处理垃圾或废弃物。

“They dumped their old furniture on the sidewalk.”

(他们把旧家具随意丢在人行道上。)

“The company was fined for dumping toxic waste into the river.”

(这家公司因向河里倾倒有毒废物被罚款。)

❶ 突然终止关系或抛弃某人,常用于非正式场合描述分手或抛弃行为。

“She dumped him after two years of dating.”

(交往两年后,她突然和他分手了。)

“He felt terrible when his girlfriend dumped him.”

(女朋友甩了他时,他感觉糟透了。)

同义词:discard, abandon, get rid of, jettison, scrap

noun

❶ 垃圾场或废弃物堆积的地方,通常指脏乱差的场所。

“The old car ended up in the dump.”

(那辆旧车最终被扔在了垃圾场。)

“This place looks like a dump.”

(这地方看起来像个垃圾堆。)

❶ 计算机术语,指系统或程序突然崩溃时生成的数据文件,用于故障分析。

“The technician analyzed the memory dump to find the bug.”

(技术员分析内存转储文件以找出程序错误。)

“My computer created a crash dump when it froze.”

(电脑死机时生成了崩溃转储文件。)

同义词:landfill, junkyard, refuse heap, data export, backup

常见短语

dump truck — 自卸卡车,指可以自动卸载货物的重型运输车辆。

“The dump truck delivered a load of gravel to the construction site.”

(自卸卡车将一车砾石运到了建筑工地。)

dump on someone — 向某人倾诉烦恼或抱怨,通常指过度倾诉负面情绪。

“She always dumps all her problems on me.”

(她总是把所有问题都倒给我。)