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 （尤指在不合适的地方）丢弃，扔掉，倾倒 Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。 The dead body was just dumped by the roadside. 这具死尸就扔在路边。 Any vessel dumping at sea without a licence will be prosecuted. 任何船只未经许可在海上倾倒会被起诉。
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；抛弃；推卸 - dump something (
business 商业 to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country （常向国外）倾销，抛售 - dump something/somebody (informal)
to put something/somebody down in a careless or untidy way 随便堆放；乱放 Extra ExamplesHe dumped the boxes down in the kitchen. 他把盒子扔在厨房里。 They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water. 他们把他抬到海滩，然后随随便便地就扔进了冰冷的海水里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- legally
- unceremoniously
- …
- dump somebody (informal)
to end a romantic relationship with somebody 与（某人）结束恋爱关系 - dump something
to copy information and move it somewhere to store it 转储，转存（信息）
get rid of丢弃
put down放下
end relationship断绝关系
computing计算机技术
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.