名詞 flotsam:

1. the floating wreckage of a ship
   同義詞：jetsam

1. After the storm, the sea was covered with flotsam and jetsam.
   暴風(fēng)雨后，海上漂浮著遇難船只的殘骸和貨物。
2. Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war.
   貧病交迫的難民都是在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中流離失所的。
3. Floating objects or material; flotsam.
   漂浮物漂浮的物品或材料; 漂浮物

flot.sam

n.（名詞）

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殘片或貨物
Floating refuse or debris.
漂浮的垃圾或瓦礫
Discarded odds and ends.
扔掉的零碎小物件
Vagrant, usually destitute people.
無業(yè)游民：通常指窮困潦倒的人

來源：
Anglo-Norman floteson
英法語 floteson
from Old French floter [to float]
源自 古法語 floter [漂浮]
[of Germanic origin] * see pleu-
[源于日耳曼語] *參見 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殘片或貨物。Jetsam 用于指輪船在緊急時(shí)刻扔掉的貨物或設(shè)備（負(fù)荷）， 這些負(fù)荷或沉沒或被沖上海岸。常用短語 flotsam and jetsam 現(xiàn)在可較為自由地用來形容任何漂浮物或被沖上岸的物品