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jetsam

音標['d?ets?m] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 投棄貨物, 漂流到海岸的貨物
【化】 沉料; 拋棄後沉底的貨物(船過海灘減載措施)
【經】 船舶遇險時投棄的貨物

英文解釋:

名詞 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
    同義詞:flotsam

例句:

  1. After the storm, the sea was covered with flotsam and jetsam.
    暴風雨後,海上漂浮著遇難船隻的殘骸和貨物。
  2. Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war.
    貧病交迫的難民都是在戰爭中流離失所的。

詳細解釋:


jet.sam

n.(名詞)
Cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress.
投棄物:當船遇難時為了減輕船重而拋至船外的貨物或設備
Discarded cargo or equipment found washed ashore.See Usage Note at flotsam
漂流物:在海浪沖刷過的岸邊發現的拋棄貨物或設備參見 flotsam
Discarded odds and ends.
廢棄的零碎物件

來源:
From earlier jetson
源自較早期 jetson
alteration of Middle English jetteson [a throwing overboard] * see jettison
中古英文 jetteson的變化 [越過船側] *參見 jettison

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