Salvage



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. ( 从灾难中) 抢救, 海上救助
• ［英］ n. / v. ( 从灾难中) 抢救, 海上救助 ( save sth. from loss, fire, wreck, etc.)
• ［记］ salv ( 救) +age -> 抢救;
• ［同］ 参考: salvable ( 可抢救的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from salver to save — more at save
• Date: 1645
• 1.
  • a. compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
  • b. the act of saving or rescuing a ship or its cargo
  • c. the act of saving or rescuing property in danger (as from fire)
• 2.
  • a. property saved from destruction in a calamity (as a wreck or fire)
  • b. something extracted (as from rubbish) as valuable or useful

II. transitive verb (salvaged; salvaging)

• Date: 1889
• to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
• ? salvageability noun
• ? salvageable adjective
• ? salvager noun

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