English Dictionary

jetsam

/ˈd͡ʒɛtsəm/

noun

Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress. / (by extension) Discarded odds and ends.

The beach was littered with jetsam from the shipwreck.

意味（1）

Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress.

There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.

意味（2）

(by extension) Discarded odds and ends.

They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.