flot·sam
noun/ˈflɒtsəm/
/ˈflɑːtsəm/
[uncountable]- parts of boats, pieces of wood or rubbish, etc. that are found on land near the sea or floating on the sea; any kind of rubbish
（冲上海岸或漂浮海上的）船只残骸，碎木，零碎杂物；废弃物 - The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam.
海滩宽阔，到处是有趣的被冲上岸的零碎杂物。
- The beaches are wide and filled with interesting flotsam and jetsam.
- people who have no home or job and who move from place to place, often rejected by society
无家可归者；失业流浪者 - the human flotsam of inner cities
内城区无家可归的流浪者
- the human flotsam of inner cities
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French floteson, from floter ‘to float’.