jetsam

• n. 漂流到海岸的貨物；投棄貨物；[水運] 船舶遇險時投棄的貨物

縮寫自jettison,拋棄，丟棄，拚寫受flotsam影響，引申詞義船上丟棄物。

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.

1. The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam .

海灘寬闊，到處是有趣的被衝上岸的零碎雜物。

來自《權威詞典》

2. Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsam of war.

生病和饑餓的難民是遭戰禍而流離失所的苦命人.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. You know the difference between flotsam and jetsam?

你知道流浪者和難民的不同之處 嗎 ?

來自電影對白

4. Jetsam: Someone who could make all your dreams come true.

漬: 我們可以使你夢想成真.

來自互聯網

5. 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.

來自互聯網