with obj.
1- rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea抢救（遇难船只, 故障船只或其货物）; 打捞：
an emerald and gold cross was salvaged from the wreck.
从船只残骸中打捞出一件镶有绿宝石的金制十字形饰物。
1.1
- retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances挽救; 挽回：
it was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.
这是他从磨难中能挽回的惟一的一点安慰。
mass noun
1- the rescue of a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea（对遇难船只或故障船只或其货物的）海上救助; 打捞：
as modifier a salvage operation was under way.海上救援行动正在进行中。
1.1
- the cargo saved from a wrecked or sunken ship从沉船中抢救出的货物, 打捞的货物：
salvage taken from a ship that had sunk in the river.
从河中沉船里抢救出的货物。
1.2
- the rescue of property or material from potential loss or destruction财产抢救; 挽救。
1.3
- Law payment made or due to a person who has saved a ship or its cargo【律】海难救助费, 打捞费。
派生词
salvageable
adjectivesalvager
noun词源
mid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo)： from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare 'to save'. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.