dump
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
1 put (sth unwanted) in a place and leave as rubbish 丟棄(不需要的某物); 傾倒(垃圾)
Some people just dump their rubbish in the river. 有些人徑直往河里倒垃圾.
Sealed containers of nuclear waste have been dumped in the sea. 盛有核廢料的密封容器被丟在海里.
2 put (sth) down carelessly, heavily or in a mass 將(某物)粗心地或猛力地放下或放成一堆
dump a load of gravel, a pile of newspapers, a bundle of dirty clothes 傾倒一車碎石、 扔下一堆報紙、 放下一包臟衣服
Just dump everything over there I'll sort it out later. 先把東西都堆在那邊--我等會兒再整理.
3 (infml often derog 口, 常作貶義) leave or abandon (sb) 丟下或拋棄(某人)
She dumped the kids at her mother's and went to the theatre. 她把孩子放在娘家就看戲去了.
He's dumped his wife and gone off with one of his students. 他丟下妻子, 跟自己的一個學生跑了.
4 (derog commerce 貶, 商) sell abroad at a very low price (goods that are not wanted in the home market) 向國外廉價傾銷(國內市場不需要的貨物).
5 (computing 計) transfer (data, etc) from one part of a system to another or from one storage system to another 轉儲(數據等).
6 (idm 習語) drop/dump sth in sb's lap => lap1. dump, n
1 place where rubbish may be unloaded and left; rubbish-heap 垃圾場; 垃圾堆. Cf 參看 tip2 n.
2 temporary store of military supplies 軍需品的臨時存放處
an ammu`nition dump 軍火臨時存放處.
3 (infml derog 口, 貶) dirty or unattractive place 骯臟的或討厭的地方
How can you live in this dump? 你怎麼住在這個破地方?