2020-09-29
151208-1 คำชวนสับสน ชุด F – Flotsam & jetsam
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ออกเสียง “Flotsam” – ‘FLO-suhm’
ออกเสียง “Jetsam”(jetsom) = ‘JET-suhm’
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression Dictionary
Flotsam & Jetsam
These terms usually appear togetherto refer to that part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargofound floating on the water or washed ashore.
The phrase“flotsam and jetsam” now has an extended meaning of “useless trifles” “odd and end”: “The attic were filled with the flotsam and jetsam of many years.”
Although the words are nowinseparable, in law they have distinct meanings’ Flotsam (from old English word meaning “to float”) is that part of a wreck that is floating on the surface;
jetsam(from a Latin term meaning “to throw”) refer to cargo tossedoverboard to lighten a ship or improve its seaworthiness.
Centuries ago, the flotsam of a wreck belonged to the king, jetsam to the lord of the manor off whose property the wreck occurred.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Flotsam and Jetsam
English speakers started using "flotsam," "jetsam," and "lagan"
as legal terms in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(The earliest evidence of "flotsam" dates from around 1607.)
The three words were used to establish claims of ownership to the three types of sea-borne, vessel-originated goods they named.
Flotsam was anything from a shipwreck.
(The word comes from Old French floter, meaning"to float.")
Jetsam and lagan were items thrown overboard to lighten a ship.
Lagan was distinguished from jetsam by having a buoy attached so the goods could be found if they sank. In the 19th century, when "flotsam" and "jetsam" took on extended meanings, they became synonyms, but they are still very often paired.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Trend Watch
Flotsam
As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues ...
When:
Lookups spiked on March 26, 2014.
Why:
Investigators have said many times that flotsam in the Indian Ocean is responsible for false leads in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Recent photos taken by satellite and aircraft show some debris that may be from the missing plane. However, as Wired reported on Friday:
None of the aircraft or ships in the region have found anything of note, and officials said the photos may reveal nothing more than whitecaps or the flotsam so often found at sea.
Flotsam means "floating wreckage from a ship or its cargo" or "floating debris." It comes from the French verb meaning "to float."
Flotsam is often contrastedwith jetsam, a word derived from jettison that means "floating objects that are thrown into the water from a ship."
