Dad then "jumped ship." Bidding adieu to his days as a sailor while his boat was docked in Florida, he went ashore and hurried to New York to meet up with Mom.
父親是跳船﹘ ﹘船停靠在佛羅里達州的港口時，父親告別了他的船員生涯，跳上了美國廣大的土地，一路奔向紐約和母親會合。