flotsam

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈflɒtsəm/    美 /ˈflɑtsəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck. countable,uncountable
    — WORF: Sensors beginning to pick up small objects, sir. PICARD: On screen. RIKER: Doesn't look natural. PICARD: Agreed. Enlarge and identify. WORF: It looks like debris from a space vessel of some kind. RIKER: It could be one of those ships that was orbiting Dytallix. LA FORGE: We are in close proximity to that planet. PICARD: Identify marks Mr. Worf. WORF: Nothing so far. Sensors not detecting any bodies in the flotsam. But from the amount of the wreckage, I'm sorry sir, it can only be the Horatio. From the looks of it she's been totally destroyed.

词形变化

flotsams plural floatsam alternative floatsome alternative,dialectal flotson alternative,dated

词源

From Anglo-Norman floteson, from Old French flotaison (“a floating”), from floter (“to float”), of Germanic origin (See float.), + -aison, from Latin -atio.
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