单词 | dump |
释义 | dump n. & v. --n   1. a a place for depositing rubbish. b a heap of rubbish.   2. colloq. an unpleasant or dreary place.   3. Mil. a temporary store of ammunition, provisions, etc.   4. an accumulated pile of ore, earth, etc.   5. Computing a a printout of stored data. b the process or result of dumping data. --vtr.   1. put down firmly or clumsily (dumped the shopping on the table).   2. shoot or deposit (rubbish etc.).   3. colloq. abandon, desert.   4. Mil. leave (ammunition etc.) in a dump.   5. Econ. send (goods unsaleable at a high price in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price, to keep up the price at home, and to capture a new market.   6. Computing a copy (stored data) to a different location. b reproduce the contents of (a store) externally. Phrases and idioms dump on esp. US criticize or abuse; get the better of. dump truck a truck with a body that tilts or opens at the back for unloading. Etymology: ME perh. f. Norse; cf. Da. dumpe, Norw. dumpa fall suddenly |
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