（捕鯨史）洋上での捕鯨船どうしの社交集会
解説 Definition
gam は歴史的な捕鯨用語で、洋上で出会った2隻以上の捕鯨船の乗組員が行う社交的な集まりです。互いの船を訪れ、会話や情報交換をします。
In historical whaling, a gam was a social meeting between the crews of two or more whaling ships at sea, often involving visits, conversation, news, or an exchange of information.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- gam は、game「遊び・競技」や gum「歯茎・ゴム」とは別の語です。 Gam is a separate word from game, meaning play or a contest, and gum, meaning tissue around the teeth or a rubbery substance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
陸から遠い海で捕鯨船が出会い、船員が互いの船を訪れて近況を話す場面を思い浮かべましょう。その洋上の交流が gam です。
Picture whaling ships meeting far from land, with sailors visiting one another's ships and sharing news. That social gathering at sea is a gam.
例文
The two whaling ships stopped to have a gam and exchange news.
2隻の捕鯨船は、乗組員どうしが交流して情報を交換するために停船した。
During the gam, the crews visited one another's ships.
その集まりの間、乗組員たちは互いの船を訪問した。
gam の類義語・関連語
gam の語源・成り立ち Etymology
捕鯨用語で、洋上で鯨船同士が出会い乗組員が交流することを指す。語源は不確定だが、英方言のgam（おしゃべり・群れ）に由来する説が有力。関連語：gammon（たわごと）、game（遊び）。鯨の群れや船員の社交的な集まりという意味合いを持つ。
The precise origin of gam in this whaling sense is uncertain. It is commonly connected with dialectal uses of gam for talk, social intercourse, or a gathering, which suit the practice of crews meeting and exchanging news at sea. Associations have also been proposed with words referring to groups or idle talk, but a firm historical derivation is difficult to establish. The safest guide is its specialized nineteenth-century maritime use for a social meeting between whaling vessels and their crews.
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