Flotsam



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

wreckage

• n. ( 在海上漂浮的) 遇难船只的残骸
• ［英］ n. ( 在海上漂浮的) 遇难船只的残骸 ( drifting wreckage)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Anglo-French floteson, from floter to float, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flotian to float, flota ship
• Date: circa 1607
• 1. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly floating debris
• 2.
  • a. a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways) <human flotsam>
  • b. miscellaneous or unimportant material <a notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam>
  • c. debris, remains <the village…built on the flotsam of war — Stan Sesser>

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