dumps 的词源

“低落的情绪；阴郁、忧郁的心境”，这个词最早出现在1520年代，是dumpe的复数形式，意思是“一阵沉思”，具体来源不明，可能源自荷兰语domp，意为“雾霭、薄雾”，又或来自中荷兰语damp，意为“蒸汽”（参见damp (n.)）。可以与vapors在vapor下进行比较。

The application of this term to an affection of the mind is a part of the medical theory which attributed all disorders of the frame to a humour falling on the part affected, and regarded mental disorders especially as produced by a vapour rising from the stomach into the brain. [Hensleigh Wedgwood, "A Dictionary of English Etymology," 1859]

这个词被用来形容心理状态，源于一种医学理论，认为身体的所有疾病都是由于某种体液影响了特定部位，而心理疾病则特别被视为由从胃部上升到大脑的蒸汽引起的。[Hensleigh Wedgwood, "A Dictionary of English Etymology," 1859]