jetsam

单词音标

jetsam音标[\'dʒetsәm]

汉语翻译

n. 投弃货物, 漂流到海岸的货物

【化】 沉料; 抛弃后沉底的货物(船过海滩减载措施)

【经】 船舶遇险时投弃的货物

英语解释

名词 jetsam:

the part of a ship\'s equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

the floating wreckage of a ship

同义词：flotsam

例句

After the storm, the sea was covered with flotsam and jetsam.

暴风雨后，海上漂浮着遇难船只的残骸和货物。

Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war.

贫病交迫的难民都是在战争中流离失所的。

详细解释

jet.sam

n.（名词）

Cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress.

投弃物：当船遇难时为了减轻船重而抛至船外的货物或设备

Discarded cargo or equipment found washed ashore.See Usage Note at flotsam

漂流物：在海浪冲刷过的岸边发现的抛弃货物或设备参见 flotsam

Discarded odds and ends.

废弃的零碎物件

来源：

From earlier jetson

源自较早期 jetson

alteration of Middle English jetteson [a throwing overboard] * see jettison

中古英语 jetteson的变化 [越过船侧] *参见 jettison