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dump [dʌmp]1. nouna. ( = place) décharge fb. (for munitions) dépôt md. (Computing) vidage md. (Computing) [+ data file] vider* * *[dʌmp] 1.1) ( public) décharge f publique; ( rubbish heap) tas m d'ordures2) Militaryarms/munitions dump — dépôt m d'armes/de munitions
3) (colloq) péj (town, village) trou (colloq) m; ( house) baraque (colloq) f minable4) Computing vidage m2.screen dump — recopie f d'écran
transitive verb1) jeter [refuse]; ensevelir [nuclear waste]; déverser [waste, sewage]2) (colloq) ( get rid of) plaquer (colloq) [boyfriend]; se débarrasser de [car, shopping]3) (colloq) ( put down) poser4) Computing faire un vidage de [data]••to be down in the dumps — (colloq) avoir le cafard (colloq)
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A n1 ( public) décharge f publique ; municipal dump, town dump décharge f publique ; rubbish dump GB, garbage dump US dépôt m d'ordures ;2 ( rubbish heap) tas m d'ordures ;5 Comput vidage m ;6 ● US to take a dump chier ●.B vtr1 [person] jeter [refuse] ; déverser [sewage] ; ensevelir [nuclear waste] ; [factory, ship] déverser [waste, pollutants] ;2 ( sell) to dump goods on the market ( on home market) écouler des produits à bas prix ; ( abroad) faire du dumping ;3 ○ ( get rid of) plaquer ○ [boyfriend] ; larguer ○ [tedious person] ; se débarrasser de [car, shopping] ; laisser tomber, abandonner [idea, policy] ;4 ○ ( put down) poser [bag, object] ;5 Comput clicher, faire un vidage de [data] ;to be down in the dumps ○ avoir le cafard ○.■ dump on ○:▶ dump on [sb] ◑ US traiter [qn] comme du poisson pourri ○.
См. также в других словарях:
Dumps — (d[u^]mps), n. pl. a gloomy mental state; same as 2nd {dump[1]}; used mostly in the phrase in the dumps . [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dumps — /dumps/, n. a depressed state of mind (usually prec. by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems. [1515 25; cf. G dumpf dull, MD domp haze] * * * … Universalium
dumps — ► PLURAL NOUN (in phrase (down) in the dumps) informal ▪ depressed or unhappy. ORIGIN originally as dump in the sense a dazed or puzzled state : probably a figurative use of Dutch domp haze, mist … English terms dictionary
dumps — low spirits, 1520s, plural of dumpe a fit of musing, possibly from Du. domp haze, mist, from M.Du. damp vapor (see DAMP (Cf. damp)) … Etymology dictionary
dumps — dejection, gloom, blues, depression, melancholy, melancholia, *sadness Analogous words: despondency, forlornness, hopelessness, despair (see under DESPONDENT): doldrums, ennui, boredom, *tedium … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dumps — [n] depression blahs*, blues*, bummer, cheerlessness, doldrums, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, melancholy, sulks, the blues*, trouble, unhappiness, woefulness; concept 410 … New thesaurus
dumps — n.pl. colloq. depression; melancholy (in the dumps). Etymology: prob. f. LG or Du., fig. use of MDu. domp exhalation, haze, mist: rel. to DAMP * * * [dəmps] plural n. in phrase down (down) in the dumps informal … Useful english dictionary
dumps — /dʌmps / (say dumps) Colloquial –plural noun 1. a dull, gloomy state of mind. –phrase 2. down in the dumps, in a dull or depressed state of mind. {early Modern English dump a slow dance, sad tune. Compare Middle Dutch domp haze} …
dumps — See: DOWN IN THE DUMPS or DOWN IN THE MOUTH … Dictionary of American idioms
dumps — See: DOWN IN THE DUMPS or DOWN IN THE MOUTH … Dictionary of American idioms
dumps — noun plural Etymology: probably from Dutch domp haze, from Middle Dutch damp more at damp Date: 1529 a gloomy state of mind ; despondency < in the dumps > … New Collegiate Dictionary