jetsam
jetsam 英 [ˈdʒetsəm] 美 [ˈdʒɛtsəm]
n. 漂流到海岸的货物；投弃货物；[水运] 船舶遇险时投弃的货物
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- Jetsam is wreckage from a ship floating in the water. If you see jetsam, there must've been an accident at sea.
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- n. 漂流到海岸的货物；投弃货物；[水运] 船舶遇险时投弃的货物
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1. 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。
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2. The smallest bits of jetsam, like the most transient incidents in a life, can be the most evocative.
这最小的一块废弃物，正如生命中最容易转瞬即逝的事情一样，应该是最能唤起记忆的东西。
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3. 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。 。
- jetsam (n.) 1560s, jottsome "act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship," alteration and contraction of Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-French getteson, Old French getaison "a throwing" (see jettison). Intermediate forms were jetson, jetsome; the form perhaps was deformed by influence of flotsam. From 1590s as "goods thrown overboard;" figurative use by 1861. For distinction of meaning, see flotsam.
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