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
We couldn't afford it.
我们当时不够钱。
Would you like to leave your name and number?
你想要留下你的名字和电话吗?
Both poisons are unpleasant, but by far the more unpleasant is the blood poison.