| 单词 | flotsam |
| 释义 | flotsam (once / 11343 pages) n Flotsam is the floating wreckage of a ship. You'll often hear it used with the word jetsam, which refers to floating objects that have been thrown from a ship, usually to lighten it before it sinks. You can keep flotsam and jetsam straight by remembering that flotsam looks like the word, float, and jetsam looks like jettison which means to cast off. Usually it doesn't matter though as flotsam and jetsam are used together as an expression, mostly figuratively to mean to mean things or people who are unwanted or discarded. What about the things that are cast from a ship but sink to the ocean floor instead of floating? That's called lagan. WORD FAMILYflotsam USAGE EXAMPLESWith so much flotsam and debris lying along the river bank, another jam is almost guaranteed to form after the next high-water event. Washington Times(Nov 22, 2016) Leaving locks and other flotsam on a bridge should not be one of them, she said. New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) Boats and other flotsam were wedged amid stores and homes. Washington Post(Oct 05, 2016) n the floating wreckage of a ship Syn|Hyper jetsam wreckage the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked |
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