dump學測 L3KK [ˈdʌmp]/ˈdʌmp/
垃圾場;廢棄物堆置場·堆放場;儲貨處·(隨手)扔下;丟放·丟棄;傾倒(垃圾)·無情甩掉;拋棄·傾銷(低價拋售)
同一字橫跨丟垃圾、甩人、傾銷三種情境
She dumped her old backpack into the school trash bin after the exam.

她考完試後,把舊背包丟進學校的垃圾桶。

dump 一字說盡丟垃圾、甩戀人、低價傾銷三種「狠心丟出去」的動作。

一個畫面:一次整批倒出

傾倒動作手一鬆,東西整批落下
堆放場所倒下的東西堆積成一處
隨手丟下沒收好,隨意一放
無情甩開把人或關係狠心丟掉

義項

垃圾成堆C1noun垃圾場;廢棄物堆置場
The old factory was turned into a dump for broken machines.
那間舊工廠變成了廢棄機具的堆置場。
a dump sitean old dump
貨物堆放C1noun堆放場;儲貨處
Soldiers kept extra food at the dump behind the camp.
士兵們把多餘的食物放在營地後方的補給堆放處。
a supply dumpa fuel dump
隨手一丟C1verb(隨手)扔下;丟放
After a long day at school, she dumped her bag on the floor and sat down.
在學校忙了一整天後,她把書包往地上一丟,坐了下來。
dump your bagdump the books on the floor
丟棄雜物C1verb丟棄;傾倒(垃圾)
After cleaning out the garage, he decided to dump the old furniture and broken appliances.
清完車庫後,他決定把舊家具和壞掉的電器都丟掉。
dump the trashdump old furniture
無情甩人C1verb無情甩掉;拋棄
He dumped his girlfriend by text message.
他用簡訊甩了女朋友。
dump a boyfriendget dumped
低價傾銷C1verb傾銷(低價拋售)
The factory dumped cheap toys into the market, and other shops lost their customers.
那間工廠把便宜玩具傾銷到市場,讓其他店家流失顧客。
dump goods on the marketdump cheap products

片語

dump someone甩人 →無情拋棄一段感情
get dumped被甩 →被另一半無情甩掉
dump the trash倒垃圾 →把垃圾拿去丟掉
a dump truck垃圾卡車 →載運砂石的大卡車
dump goods on the market傾銷貨品 →低價把商品拋售出去

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She was so sad because her boyfriend ___ her without saying why. (dumped / dumb)

看答案

dumped

dumped 是「甩掉」過去式,dumb 是「愚笨的」,兩字拼法相近但意思不同。

'The factory dumped cheap toys into the market.' 這句的 dump 最接近哪個意思?(A) 丟垃圾 (B) 甩戀人 (C) 低價傾銷

看答案

(C)

此句描述工廠低價賣出商品搶市場,符合「傾銷」這個義項,而非丟垃圾或甩人。

字族

dumping 傾銷;大量丟棄・dumpster 大型垃圾子母車

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