flotsam
noun /ˈflɒtsəm/
/ˈflɑːtsəm/
[uncountable]- parts of boats, pieces of wood or rubbish, etc. that are found on land near the sea or floating on the sea; any kind of rubbish
(冲上海岸或漂浮海上的)船只残骸,碎木,零碎杂物;废弃物 - The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam.
海滩宽阔,到处是有趣的被冲上岸的零碎杂物。
- The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam.
- people who have no home or job and who move from place to place, often rejected by society
无家可归者;失业流浪者 - the human flotsam of inner cities
内城区无家可归的流浪者
- the human flotsam of inner cities
词源early 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French floteson, from floter ‘to float’.