flotsam

名词 flotsam:

1. the floating wreckage of a ship
   同义词：jetsam

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Floating objects or material; flotsam.
   漂浮物漂浮的物品或材料; 漂浮物

flot.sam

n.（名词）

Wreckage or cargo that remains afloat after a ship has sunk.
漂浮物：沉船后仍漂浮在水面上的残片或货物
Floating refuse or debris.
漂浮的垃圾或瓦砾
Discarded odds and ends.
扔掉的零碎小物件
Vagrant, usually destitute people.
无业游民：通常指穷困潦倒的人

来源：
Anglo-Norman floteson
英法语 floteson
from Old French floter [to float]
源自 古法语 floter [漂浮]
[of Germanic origin] * see pleu-
[源于日耳曼语] *参见 pleu-

Flotsam, in maritime law, applies to wreckage or cargo left floating on the sea after a shipwreck.Jetsam applies to cargo or equipment thrown overboard (jettisoned) from a ship in distress and either sunk or washed ashore.The common phraseflotsam and jetsam is now used loosely to describe any objects found floating or washed ashore.
Flotsam 在海洋法律中， 用于指沉船后漂浮在海上的残片或货物。Jetsam 用于指轮船在紧急时刻扔掉的货物或设备（负荷）， 这些负荷或沉没或被冲上海岸。常用短语 flotsam and jetsam 现在可较为自由地用来形容任何漂浮物或被冲上岸的物品