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jetsam /'djetsam; 'dsetsam/ n [U] goods thrown overboard from a ship at sea to lighten it, eg in a storm; such goods washed up on the seashore. 投弃货物 (船舶为减轻负担而抛弃的货物, 例如遇有暴风雨时); 冲至岸上的投弃货物。 flotsam and ~, (fig use) persons whose lives have been wrecked: (比喻用法) 流离失所的人： Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and ~ of war. 生病挨饿的难民乃战甲中流离失所的人。 |