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N-UNCOUNT
(漂在海上或沖到岸邊的)漂流物，廢料
Flotsam is rubbish, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the sea or has been left by the sea on the shore.
例句
The water was full of flotsam and refuse.
水里漂滿了垃圾和廢物。
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N-UNCOUNT
流離失所的人;背井離鄉的流浪者;無業游民
You can use flotsam to refer to people who do not have homes or jobs and perhaps have had to leave their own country.
例句
He was another of the city's flotsam.
他是這個城市里又一個流浪者。
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PHRASE
零碎什物;雜亂廢物
You can use flotsam and jetsam to refer to small or unimportant items that are found together, especially ones that have no connection with each other.
例句
...cornflake packets, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen.
玉米片包裝盒、瓶瓶罐罐和廚房里各種雜亂的物品
...flotsam and jetsam on the beach.
海灘上的垃圾