Salvage

['sælvɪdʒ]

解释:

(noun.) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire.

(noun.) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction.

(noun.) property or goods saved from damage or destruction.

(verb.) collect discarded or refused material; 'She scavenged the garbage cans for food'.

(verb.) save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

欧文整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

(n.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.

(n.) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.

(a. & n.) Savage.

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解释:

adj. (Spens.). Same as Savage.

n. compensation made by the owner of a ship or cargo in respect of services rendered by persons other than the ship's company in preserving the ship or cargo from shipwreck fire or capture: the goods and materials so saved.—n. Salvabil′ity the possibility or condition of being saved.—adj. Sal′vable.—n. Sal′vableness.—adv. Sal′vably.

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