flotsam

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Between exclamations of delight at the telltale flotsam we discovered, Betty would share more of her findings.
我們面對所發(fā)現(xiàn)的標(biāo)志性漂流物興奮不已，而貝蒂則會與我們分享她更多的發(fā)現(xiàn)。
I don’t have to tell you about the information mess, of which that email is just one tiny but toxic piece of flotsam.
我不必告訴你有關(guān)信息的混亂，這封不實(shí)郵件不過是信息垃圾的滄海一粟罷了，而且我們不知道自己什么時(shí)候會淪陷。
The first belch from the mountain sent all of its force and flotsam north and east, away from Portland; the second caught a westerly wind, and the ash drizzled down on the city.
第一次，火山全力將其廢灰往北部和東部方向噴發(fā)，噴出了波特蘭市；第二次，它遇上了一陣西風(fēng)，于是那些火山灰就如毛毛雨般在這個(gè)城市落下。

Google (founded in 1998) makes sure you pull up less flotsam when you search.
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These kids scoured the shore for flotsam and jetsam to play with, bring home or eat.
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Many, who have been holding onto to the flotsam and jetsam of the housing disaster, give up.
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pieces of broken wood and other waste materials found on the beach or floating on the sea

Flotsam is useless material, for example bits of wood and plastic, that is floating on the ocean or has been left by the ocean on the shore.
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.