flotsam
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Flotsam is useless material, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the ocean or has been left by the ocean on the shore. 浮貨; 漂在海上或被沖到岸邊的廢料,如木頭和塑料。
The water was full of flotsam and refuse. 水裡漂滿了垃圾和廢物。
2. PHRASE You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other. 零碎什物
...cereal boxes, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen. ...麥片盒、瓶瓶罐罐和廚房裡各種襍亂的物品。
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flotsam /ˈflɒtsəm/
剑桥词典
- pieces of broken wood and other waste materials found on the beach or floating on the sea
(沖到海灘上或在海麪上漂浮的)碎木,零碎襍物
We wandered along the shore , stepping over the flotsam that had washed up in the night . 我們沿著海岸漫步,跨過夜晚沖上岸邊的零碎襍物。
anything or anyone that is not wanted or not considered to be important or useful
無用的東西;無價值的人
The homeless sleep in doorways and stations - we step over their bodies like so much human flotsam. 無家可歸的人睡在門口和車站——我們跨過他們的身躰時就好像他們的存在毫無意義。 返回 flotsam