flotsam是什么意思？

flotsam

英[ˈflɒtsəm] 美[ˈflɑtsəm]

• n. 浮货，废料，零碎物，流离失所者；

例句

• You know the difference between flotsam and jetsam? 你知道流浪者和难民的不同之处 吗 ?
• Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war. 生病和饥饿的难民是遭战祸而流离失所的苦命人.
• The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam . 海滩宽阔，到处是有趣的被冲上岸的零碎杂物。
• ...flotsam and jetsam on the beach. 海滩上的垃圾
• ...cornflake packets, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen. 玉米片包装盒、瓶瓶罐罐和厨房里各种杂乱的物品
• He was another of the city's flotsam. 他是这个城市里又一个流浪者。
• The water was full of flotsam and refuse. 水里漂满了垃圾和废物。

词组

• flotsam and jetsam
  useless or discarded objects 无用（或被丢弃）的东西

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  (漂在海上或冲到岸边的)漂流物，废料
  Flotsam is rubbish, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the sea or has been left by the sea on the shore.
  例句
  The water was full of flotsam and refuse. 水里漂满了垃圾和废物。
• N-UNCOUNT
  流离失所的人;背井离乡的流浪者;无业游民
  You can use flotsam to refer to people who do not have homes or jobs and perhaps have had to leave their own country.
  例句
  He was another of the city's flotsam. 他是这个城市里又一个流浪者。
• PHRASE
  零碎什物;杂乱废物
  You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other.
  例句
  ...cornflake packets, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen. 玉米片包装盒、瓶瓶罐罐和厨房里各种杂乱的物品 ...flotsam and jetsam on the beach. 海滩上的垃圾

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the floating wreckage of a ship

行业词典

• 法律： 漂流物；