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♦ dump (1) /dʌmp/n.2 (= rubbish o garbage dump) discarica: the town dump, la discarica pubblica; a nuclear waste dump, una discarica di scorie nucleari3 (fam.) postaccio, topaia (fig.): This place is a dump!, questo posto è una topaia!● (tecn.) dump body, cassone ribaltabile ( di un autocarro) □ dump bin, cesto per libri in offerta ( in una libreria) □ dump bucket, benna a conca □ dump car, vagonetto a bilico □ ( USA) dump truck ► dumper, def. 2 □ (fam.) to be down in the dumps, essere depresso, essere giù di corda.dump (2) /dʌmp/n.(to) dump /dʌmp/v. t.1 scaricare, buttare: Billions of tons of waste are dumped annually, miliardi di tonnellate di rifiuti sono scaricati ogni anno; You shouldn't dump rubbish in the ditch, non dovresti buttare la spazzatura nel fosso; The body was dumped by the side of the road, il corpo è stato gettato sul lato della strada2 (fam.) sbattere, mettere (come capita); Just dump your bag over there, sbatti pure la tua borsa laggiù; She grabbed a pack of sugar and dumped it in the basket, ha afferrato un pacco di zucchero e lo ha sbattuto nel cestino3 (comm.) vendere sottocosto (spec. all'estero); svendere: They are dumping their goods on foreign markets, vendono i loro prodotti sottocosto su mercati stranieri4 (elettron.) disalimentare; scaricare5 (comput.) effettuare un dump ( riversare o copiare il contenuto di un'area di memoria o di database)6 (fam.) scaricare; mollare: to dump one's boyfriend (o one's girlfriend) scaricare (o piantare) il ragazzo (o la ragazza); I can't believe he's dumped me!, non posso credere che mi abbia mollata!; She would just dump the kids at her mother's and take off, mollerebbe i bambini da sua madre e se ne andrebbe● to dump a load, scaricare (un carico); (volg. USA) cacare □ (fam.) to dump oneself on sb., piazzarsi in casa di q. ( senza invito). -
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[dʌmp]1. n1) (pile of rubbish) mucchio di immondizie or di rifiuti, (place for refuse) discarica pubblica2) Mil deposito4) Comput stampa della memoria, dump m inv2. vt1) (get rid of: rubbish etc) buttare, (Comm: goods) svendere, (fam: person) piantare, scaricare2) (put down: load) scaricare, (fam: parcel, passenger, coat) mollarewe dumped our bags at the hotel and went to the beach — abbiamo mollato i bagagli all'albergo e siamo andati in
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