英語解釋

jetsam

音標['d?ets?m]

jetsam是什么意思、jetsam怎么讀

jetsam漢語翻譯

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

jetsam英語解釋

名詞 jetsam:

the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm
the floating wreckage of a ship
同義詞：flotsam

jetsam例句

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

jetsam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(shè)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(fā)現(xiàn)的拋棄貨物或設(shè)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
中古英語 jetteson的變化 [越過船側(cè)] *參見 jettison