| 单词 | jettison | 
| 释义 | jettisonn. 1.   a.  In maritime law: the action or an act of throwing goods overboard, esp. in order to lighten a ship in distress. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > 			[noun]		 > throwing goods overboard jettison1426 jetsam1641 jettisoning1863 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > 			[noun]		 > damage limitation operations jettison1426 laving1457 jetsam1641 bailing1682 fothering1769 baling1856 1426    Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI 		(Electronic ed.)	 Parl. Feb. 1426 §28. m. 6  				Wool..taken uppon þe see be enemys, or lost be jetteson, or be any oþer mysaventure. 1491    T. Banyard tr.  Olde Bk. Lawes & Customes Yermouth in  H. Swinden Hist. & Antiq. Great Yarmouth 		(1772)	 146  				One ys of wrek of the see. The seconde, whiche ys called laggan. The  iiide whiche ys called jetysoun. 1536    in  T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty 		(1873)	 II. 469  				It is necessary to make jetison to lighten the said shype. 1622    G. de Malynes Consuetudo  i. xxv. 150  				The verie words contained in all or most policies of Assurances, namely, Of the Seas,..Pirats, Rouers, Theeues, Iettezons, Letters of Mart, and Couenants, [etc.]. 1755    N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 55  				Whatever the Master of a Ship in Distress..deliberately resolves to do..in throwing Goods overboard to lighten his Vessel, which is what is meant by Jettison or Jetson. 1755    N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 182  				Ammunition, and Stores, Wages or Hire, and Cloaths of Seamen, shall not contribute towards the Jettison. 1843    W. Waterston Cycl. Commerce at Average  				An accurate statement of the circumstances under which a jettison, or other loss on which average is claimed, should be entered in the log. 1880    Times 30 Dec. 12/1  				The Mars..was got off by a tug, after jettison of a portion of the cargo. 1993    B. Farthing Internat. Shipping 		(ed. 2)	 v. 48  				When action or other sacrifices or expenditure has to be taken to save the ship and cargo (e.g., jettison of the cargo in whole or part) the expenses must be shared by those who have an interest. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > 			[noun]		 > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam shipwreck?a1100 wreke1420 wrecka1425 wrack1428 jetsam1491 waveson1526 wrake1544 sea-wracks1548 water1552 wracksa1586 flotsam1607 wrack-goods1671 floatage1672 wreck-goods1693 jettison1708 wreck-wood1821 wreckages1864 1708    Rastell's Termes de la Ley 		(new ed.)	 394/2  				Jettezoons, This is mentioned in Policies of Insurance, and signifies Goods thrown into the Sea in a great Storm. 1848    J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon  				Jetsam, Jettison, or Jetson, goods or other things which having been cast overboard in a storm, or, after shipwreck, are thrown upon the shore.  2.  In extended use. The action of casting aside or abandoning something; an instance of this. Cf. to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard at overboard adv. 2a.In quot. 1846   in the context of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1846    J. C. Campbell Lives Lord Chancellors 2nd Ser. V. cxlviii. 350  				The vessel of the state is best prepared to encounter a storm by making a jettison of abuses. 1887    Sat. Rev. 6 Aug. 174/1  				The jettison of convictions, of honour, of patriotism. 1900    Q. Rev. Apr. 321  				Mere modernity..involved the complete jettison of every restraining principle in language, metre, and morals. 1916    T. M. Kettle Poems & Parodies 48  				What paltry, unresisted jettison Of dear hopes held. 1974    J. Caulfield Tiny Perfect Mayor viii. 129  				A jettison of the politically ambiguous elements of the reform movement. 2005    J. L. Coker Liquor in Land of Lost Cause 		(2007)	 iii. 95  				Conservative evangelicals..viewed their activities as a jettison of the traditional southern doctrine of the spirituality of the church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jettisonv. 1.  transitive. To throw overboard (cargo, articles of merchandise, etc.), esp. in order to lighten a ship in distress. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > throw goods overboard jettison1848 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > jettison jettison1848 1848    J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II.  iii. iv. 890  				The goods in such case are as much sacrificed for the general safety as though they were jettisoned. 1868    Law Times 10 Oct. 423/1  				The master may jettison, after having determined upon it with the advice of the mate, of his pilot, and of his boatswain. 1880    Times 13 July 10  				The vessel experienced such severe weather that she was compelled..to jettison about 1000 cases petroleum. 1940    ‘N. Shute’ Landfall v. 137  				On last voyage was forced to jettison 600 tons of rubber at Weymouth, British contraband control port, following navicert trouble. 1982    T. C. Gilmer  & B. Johnson Introd. to Naval Archit. x. 191/1  				The decision to jettison, of course, should be made by the commanding officer. 1991    Highways & Transportation Aug. (Appointments & Events Suppl.) 54  				He had to jettison his cargo to speed to safety.  2.  transitive. To abandon or discard (someone or something that is no longer wanted or sustainable). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > 			[verb (transitive)]		 to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1869    Littell's Living Age 12 June 642/2  				I've jettisoned those youthful dreams And they are washed upon the shore. 1874    A. Robertson Nuggets 177  				When my patience was nearly all jettisoned I heard the sharp ting of a bell. 1895    Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 3/1  				Count Tolstoy..jettisons a chapter here, a verse there, an Epistle there. 1937    V. McNabb God's Way of Mercy xx. 178  				When we have confessed our sins in the Sacrament of Mercy, some of the overlading of our soul has been jettisoned. 1945    N. Coward Diary 21 May 		(2000)	 31  				It is idiotic to try and jettison Churchill at this moment. 1982    S. K. Penman Sunne in Splendour 		(1984)	  ii. xii. 459  				He jettisoned the thought, half formed. 2007    Wall St. Jrnl. 2 Oct.  b17/3  				Time Warner..pressured the network..to jettison the teen-dream stuff for shows that might interest somebody north of 30.  3.   a.  transitive. To release or drop (something) from an aircraft or spacecraft in flight, esp. in order to lighten the load; spec. to drop (a bomb) intentionally from an aircraft somewhere other than over an assigned target. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > drop from aircraft in flight jettison1934 1934   [implied in:   Shell Aviation News No. 34. 18/1  				As a result, the machine can be used for a variety of purposes... It is fitted with a ‘jettisonable’ fuel tank riveted with duralumin. (at jettisonable adj.)]. 1942    D. M. Crook Spitfire Pilot 66  				Enemy bombers showed a much greater tendency to jettison their bombs. 1942    R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 14  				‘C for Charlie's’ pilot jettisoned his guns rather too near the wife of a senior officer who happened to be below. 1942    R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 34  				The crew went to their ditching stations... No fuel was jettisoned. 1946    J. W. R. Taylor  & M. F. Allward Spitfire 101/1  				The hood..could be jettisoned. 1955    Times 10 Aug. 8/7  				The world's fastest aircraft..was jettisoned by its mother aircraft after an explosion at 30,000 ft. 1974    Flight Internat. 29 Aug. (Suppl.) 11/1  				Surface-to-air missiles often use a booster to produce a high initial acceleration and push the missile clear of its launcher, the booster then being jettisoned. 2003    UFO Mag. Sept. 52/3  				Astronauts jettison the booster rockets about 28 miles into their ascent.  b.  intransitive. Of a fuel tank or booster rocket: to drop off or fall away from a rocket or spacecraft in flight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > 			[verb (intransitive)]		 > drop away from spacecraft jettison1948 1948    Pop. Mech. Sept. 108/2  				The rocket conceived..uses fuel drawn from four tanks that jettison successively from the nose. 1962    J. Glenn in  J. Glenn et al.  Into Orbit 138  				The escape tower, which we would not need once we got above the atmosphere, would jettison when the boosters dropped off and lighten the load even more. 2007    S. Otfinoski Rockets vi. 68  				The boosters would jettison from the orbiter a little more than two minutes into the flight. Derivatives  ˈjettisoned adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > 			[adjective]		 > thrown overboard jettisoned1861 society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > 			[adjective]		 > jettisoned jettisoned1861 1861    Rep. Cases Superior Court N.Y. 4 217  				Laws were written upon the subject of general average contribution for jettisoned cargo before the Roman Code. 1969    Changing Times Oct. 34/1  				There was concern that if planes were stacked up in a holding pattern over a city, the jettisoned fuel might damage another plane. 2006    D. Powers Treasure Ship 		(2007)	 iv. 89  				Wright refunded a total of $12000, although no mention is made of the jettisoned goods and shot horses.   ˈjettisoning  n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > 			[noun]		 > throwing goods overboard jettison1426 jetsam1641 jettisoning1863 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > 			[noun]		 > dropping something from aircraft in flight jettisoning1863 1863    Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 33 273  				The question whether the vessel or cargo was in danger, or whether the jettisoning was successful. 1957    J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation ix. 209  				This wholesale jettisoning. 2007    Man. Chem. Pollution 		(Internat. Maritime Org.)	  ii. iii. 12  				The position of the jettisoning should be noted and the appropriate authorities..informed. 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