| 单词 | flotsam |
| 释义 | flotsam /flot"seuhm/, n. 1. the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Cf. jetsam, lagan. 2. material or refuse floating on water. 3. useless or unimportant items; odds and ends. 4. a vagrant, penniless population: the flotsam of the city slums in medieval Europe. Also called flotsam and jetsam (for defs. 3, 4). [1600-10; < AF floteson, deriv. of floter to float < OE flotian] |
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