flotsam
n[U]
1 parts of a wrecked ship or its cargo found floating in the sea (在海上漂浮的)遇难船只的残骸或货物. Cf 参看 jetsam.
2 (idm 习语) ,flotsam and `jetsam
(a) people without homes or work or those who have had to leave their houses; vagrants and tramps or refugees 流离失所的人; 无业游民; 流浪者; 难民.
(b) various unimportant objects; bits and pieces; odds and ends 无价值的东西; 零碎物品.
🗣️ 情景例句
and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us. Montefiore
太太为我们保留了蜜月套房。
Do I have to reserve a seat?
我一定要预订座位吗?
They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away.