salvage

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation. countable,uncountable
  2. Obsolete spelling of savage. alt-of,obsolete
    — Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
  3. Summary execution, extrajudicial killing. Philippines
  4. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued. countable,uncountable
  5. The compensation paid to the rescuers. countable,uncountable
  6. The money from the sale of rescued goods. countable,uncountable
  7. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued. countable,uncountable
    — [...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned.
  8. The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled. countable,uncountable
  9. Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods. attributive,countable,sometimes,uncountable
    — salvage cars auction
动词 v.
  1. To rescue. transitive
    — Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.
  2. To perform summary execution. Philippines
  3. To modify (a false proposition) to create a true proposition. transitive
    — Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible.
  4. To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial. Philippines
  5. To put to use. transitive
    — During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.
  6. To make new or restore for the use of being saved. transitive

词形变化

salvages plural salvages present,singular,third-person salvaging participle,present salvaged participle,past salvaged past salvages plural salvages plural salvages present,singular,third-person salvaging participle,present salvaged participle,past salvaged past

词汇关系

衍生词
postsalvage pure salvage salvage grocery salvage logging salvage therapy salvage title salvage yard resalvage salvageability salvageable salvagable salvagee salvager unsalvaged
相关词
salvation

词源

词源 1
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 3
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
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