英语词汇gam的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gam. No one knows the origins of this word for a sailor’s bull session, or a chat, or conference, although it appears to have been first recorded as a sociable visit between two whaleships at sea. Herman Melville used and defined the word in Moby Dick (1850), which owed much to whaling chronicles of the day. Melville defined the word as: “A social gathering of two (or more) whale-ships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats’ crews; the two captains remaining for a time on board of one ship, and the two chief mates on the other.” Gam was later used ashore, as in “I had a long gam with John yesterday,” and the author a year or so ago heard it employed to describe two police patrol cars in Connecticut “gamming at the side of the road.” Some etymolo- gists suggest that the word gam for a pod of whales is the source, while others opt for the obsolete English word gam- mon, animated talk or chatter.

词汇	gam
词源	gam. No one knows the origins of this word for a sailor’s bull session, or a chat, or conference, although it appears to have been first recorded as a sociable visit between two whaleships at sea. Herman Melville used and defined the word in Moby Dick (1850), which owed much to whaling chronicles of the day. Melville defined the word as: “A social gathering of two (or more) whale-ships, generally on a cruising-ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats’ crews; the two captains remaining for a time on board of one ship, and the two chief mates on the other.” Gam was later used ashore, as in “I had a long gam with John yesterday,” and the author a year or so ago heard it employed to describe two police patrol cars in Connecticut “gamming at the side of the road.” Some etymolo- gists suggest that the word gam for a pod of whales is the source, while others opt for the obsolete English word gam- mon, animated talk or chatter.
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