dumps
英 [dʌmp]
美 [dʌmp]
- n. 废物，垃圾场（dump的复数）；忧郁
- v. 倾倒（dump的单三形式）
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中文词源
dumps 沮丧
俚语。来自dump或damp.
英语词源
- dumps (n.)
- "low spirits," 1520s, plural of dumpe "a fit of musing," possibly from Dutch domp "haze, mist," from Middle Dutch damp "vapor" (see damp (n.)).
权威例句
- 1. She's feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up.
- 她情绪有点低落，需要振奋起来。
- 2. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
- 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活.
- 3. It's no use letting yourself fall into the dumps.
- 你听任自己的情绪低沉下去一点用也没有.
- 4. He was down in the dumps after losing his job.
- 他失业后,精神非常颓丧.
- 5. He can't cope and dumps his two teenage boys on them to be looked after.
- 他应付不过来，只能将他那两个十来岁的儿子交给他们代为照看。