| 单词 | jetsam |
| 释义 | jetsam noun[U] usuk/ˈdʒet.səm/things that arethrownaway fromshipsand thenfloatonto theland （冲到岸上的）船上投弃物See also flotsam Rubbish and waste
Examplesofjetsamjetsam These include flotsam andjetsam, frills and furbelows, and thick and fast. From theCambridge English Corpus That does not mean that they are out of work or are flotsam orjetsam, it is the nature of their employment; that is all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has left its concrete flotsam andjetsam, some of which is being cleared by public funds—about £200,000 was spent on this last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that this tide in human affairs carries with it a certain amount of flotsam andjetsamwe would rather be without. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The men employed then were the flotsam andjetsamof the industry, men not physically capable of doing an ordinary day's work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are in employment they move with the tide and seem tragically destined to become the flotsam andjetsamof a later day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We prefer to use our prisons as social dustbins into which we can dump all the flotsam andjetsamof society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These labourers are the flotsam andjetsamof industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are not the flotsam andjetsamof the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This flotsam andjetsamfouls the engines of boats so that they frequently have to slow down or even be taken out of service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It leaves worried parents devastated as they watch helplessly the drifting wreckage and the flotsam andjetsamof their children's lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We talked over the years about the refugees as merely flotsam andjetsam. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They ought not to be allowed to become the flotsam andjetsamof our industrial system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Raging gales, and flotsam andjetsamin the water, caused much damage to implements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were looked upon as flotsam andjetsamwashed up by the tide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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