jetsam

名词 jetsam:

1. the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
2. the floating wreckage of a ship
   同义词：flotsam

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。

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