dump
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dump | |
| he / she / it dumps | |
| past simple dumped | |
| past participle dumped | |
| -ing form dumping |
- dump something
to get rid of something you do not want, especially in a place that is not suitable （尤指在不合適的地方）丢棄，扔掉，傾倒 Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒廢料在向大海裏傾倒。 The dead body was just dumped by the roadside. 這具死屍就扔在路邊。 Any vessel dumping at sea without a licence will be prosecuted. 任何船只未經許可在海上傾倒會被起訴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- legally
- unceremoniously
- …
- dump somebody/something (on somebody) (informal)
to get rid of somebody/something or leave them for somebody else to deal with 丢下；抛棄；推卸 - dump something (
business 商業 to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country （常向國外）傾銷，抛售 - dump something/somebody (informal)
to put something/somebody down in a careless or untidy way 随便堆放；亂放 Extra ExamplesHe dumped the boxes down in the kitchen. 他把盒子扔在廚房裏。 They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water. 他們把他擡到海灘，然後随随便便地就扔進了冰冷的海水裏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- legally
- unceremoniously
- …
- dump somebody (informal)
to end a romantic relationship with somebody 與（某人）結束戀愛關系 - dump something
to copy information and move it somewhere to store it 轉儲，轉存（信息）
get rid of丢棄
put down放下
end relationship斷絕關系
computing計算機技術
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.