2022-03-27
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – F - flotsam & jetsam
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง flotsam = “FLOT-suhm”
ออกเสียง jetsam or jet-som = “JET-suhm”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
flotsam & jetsam
These terms usually appear together to that part of
the wreckage of a ship and its cargo
found floating on the water or washed ashore.
The phrase “flotsam and jetsam“ now has an extended
meaning of “useless trifles,” “odds and ends”:
“The attic was filled with the flotsam and jetsam for many years.”
Although the words are now inseparable,
in law they have distinct meaning.
Flotsam (from an 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”)
refers to cargo tossed overboard to lighten a ship
or improve its seaworthiness.
Centuries ago,
theflotsam of a wreckage belonged to the king,
jetsam to the lord of the manor off whose property the wreck occurred.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Flotsam and Jetsam Aren't Just Ursula's Eels
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 the early 1600s).
The three words were used to establish claims of ownership
to the three types of seaborne, 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 wasdistinguished 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 contrasted with jetsam,
a word derived from jettison that means
"floating objects that are thrown into the water from a ship."
