英语词汇“jettison”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

jettisonjettison /ˈdʒɛt̮əsən, -zən/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYjettison

Origin: 1400-1500 Anglo-French getteson, from Old French getaison act of throwing, from getter; ➔ JET²

VERB TABLE

jettison

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	jettison
	he, she, it	jettisons
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	jettisoned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have jettisoned
	he, she, it	has jettisoned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had jettisoned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will jettison
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have jettisoned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am jettisoning
	he, she, it	is jettisoning
	you, we, they	are jettisoning
Past	I, he, she, it	was jettisoning
	you, we, they	were jettisoning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been jettisoning
	he, she, it	has been jettisoning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been jettisoning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be jettisoning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been jettisoning

1to get rid of something or decide not to do something anymore: Berger jettisoned much of the original movie plot.2to throw things away, especially from a moving airplane or ship