/,ʌn'ləʊd; ʌn`lod/
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1 (a) [I, Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) remove a load from (sth); remove (a load) from sth 从（某物）上卸下货物; 从某物上卸下（货物）
*Dockers started unloading (the ship). 码头工人开始卸船.
* unload shopping from a car 从汽车上卸下采购的物品.
(b) [Tn] remove the charge from (a gun, etc) or the film from (a camera) 从（枪、炮等）中退出弹药; 从（照相机）中取出胶卷.
2 [I, Tn] (of vehicles, vessels etc) have (a load) removed （指车辆、船舶等）卸下（负载）
*Lorries may only park here when loading or unloading. 卡车非装卸货物时不得在此停车.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (on/onto sb) (infml 口) pass sb/sth unwanted (to sb else); get rid of sb/sth 把不想要的某人[某物]交给（他人）; 摆脱某人[某事物]
*Do you mind if I unload the children onto you this afternoon? 今天下午我把孩子托付给你, 你不介意吧? Cf 参看 off-load.

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1【vehicle/ship】
2【get rid of something】
3【feelings】
4【camera】
5【gun】

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【VEHICLE/SHIP】
a) [T]
to remove a load from a vehicle, ship etc
unload sth from sth
　The driver unloaded some boxes from the back of the truck.
b) [I]
if a ship unloads, the goods that it carries are removed from it
【GET RID OF SOMETHING】 [T]informal
a) to get rid of something illegal or not very good by selling it quickly
　Investors continued to unload technology stocks Thursday.
unload sth on/onto sth
　Hundreds of cheap videos were unloaded on the British market.
b) to get rid of work or responsibility by giving it to someone else
unload sth on/onto sb
　Don't let him unload his problems onto you.
【FEELINGS】 [I and T]
AmE to express strong feelings, especially anger, to someone when you are extremely upset
　Koch unloaded his concerns over dinner one night.
unload (sth) on sb
　When he got back to the office, Green unloaded on his staff.
【CAMERA】 [T]
to remove the film from a camera
【GUN】 [I and T]
to remove the bullets from a gun