英语词汇“jettison”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	jettison
释义	jet·ti·son I. \ˈjed.]əsən, ˈjet], ]-əzən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-French getteson, from Old French getaison, getaisson action of throwing, from Latin jactation-, jactatio — more at jactation 1. marine insurance : a voluntary sacrifice of cargo of a ship necessitated by immediately impending danger threatening the general interest — compare general average 2. : a casting overboard or away (as of an object, a person, an idea) : abandonment < illustrates more forcibly than any election that has yet taken place the jettison of convictions, of honor, of patriotism — Saturday Review > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. maritime law : to make flotsam and jetsam of < deck loads were so heavy that many carriers had to jettison cargo when they got into a stiff blow — D.H.Clark > 2. : to cast off as an encumbrance : get rid of : throw away : abandon, discard < if a diver does not know how to control his equipment or to jettison it in an emergency … he courts disaster — Byron Porterfield > < the obsolete has been calmly jettisoned; the translation into the contemporary is complete — J.L.Lowes > < an army too soft to jettison its weaklings is on the way out — Infantry Journal > 3. : to drop (as auxiliary equipment, bombs, cargo, or fuel) from an airplane in flight (as for lightening the load or providing greater safety) < external long-range fuel tanks which can be jettisoned in combat — Peter Masefield >
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