1
- a site for depositing rubbish垃圾堆场。
1.1
- usu. with modifier a place where a particular kind of waste, especially dangerous waste, is left（尤指有害物的）废料堆场：
a nuclear waste dump.
核废料堆场。
1.2
- a heap of rubbish left at a dump垃圾堆。
1.3
- （亦作 mine dump）S. African a hill of solidified crushed quartz, built up from the residue of gold-mining operations〈南非〉（金矿开采作业堆积而成的）矿山废石堆。
1.4
- informal an unpleasant or dreary place〈非正式〉肮脏的地方, 乱七八糟的地方, 令人讨厌的地方：
she says the town has become a dump.
她说这个城市已变成了垃圾堆。
1.5
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. an act of defecation〈非正式, 主北美〉拉屎。
2
- Computing a copying of stored data to a different location, performed typically as a protection against loss【计算机】（数据的）转储, 转存。
2.1
- a printout or list of the contents of a computer's memory, occurring typically after a system failure（尤指系统发生故障后内存的）打印输出, 卸出。
with obj.
1
- deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way堆放, 扔掉, 倾倒（垃圾或废料等）：
trucks dumped 1,900 tons of refuse here.
卡车在这里倾倒了1,900吨废物。
1.1
- put down or abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape（为逃跑而）急忙放下; 丢弃：
the couple dumped the car and fled.
这一对男女弃车而逃。
1.2
- put (something) down firmly or heavily and carelessly猛地放下, 沉重地扔下：
she dumped her knapsack on the floor.
她将背包重重地往地板上一扔。
1.3
- informal abandon or desert (someone)〈非正式〉抛弃, 遗弃, 离弃（某人）：
his girlfriend dumped him for being fat.
他的女朋友因为他太胖而抛弃了他。
1.4
- send (goods unsaleable in the home market) to a foreign market for sale at a low price（向国外市场）倾销：
these countries have been dumping cheap fertilizers on the UK market.
这些国家一直在英国市场上倾销廉价化肥。
1.5
- informal sell off (assets) rapidly〈非正式〉抛售, 甩卖（资产）：
investors dumped shares in scores of other consumer-goods firms.
投资者们在向许多其他消费品商行抛售股票。
2
- Computing copy (stored data) to a different location, especially so as to protect against loss【计算机】转储。
2.1
- print out or list the contents of (a store), especially after a system failure（尤指系统发生故障后）打印输出, 卸出（数据）。
词源
Middle 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.
短语动词
dump on
- informal, N. Amer. criticize or abuse (someone); treat badly〈非正式, 北美〉严厉批评; 辱骂; 虐待：
you get dumped on just because of your name.
你受此凌辱仅仅是因为你的名字。