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英语单词“gongoozling”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 gongoozling 释义 gongoozlingnoun[U]UKinformaluk

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/ɡ?n?ɡu?z.l??/
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/ɡɑ?n?ɡu?z.l??/
theactivityofwatchingboatsandactivitiesoncanals(=long,narrow,artificiallymadestretchesofwater), forpleasure:在运河岸边看船Gongoozling in manywaysissimilartotrainspotting.在运河边看船在很多方面跟猜火车类似。
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  • Everyone isentitledto have aweirdhobby, such ashistoricalre-enactmentor gongoozling (standingandstaringatcanalactivitywithoutparticipating).
  • Staircaselocks, such as Foxton Locks on the Leicester Line of the GrandUnionCanal, are anideallocationfor gongoozling.
  • The word "gongoozling"originatedin Lancashire,birthplaceof Britain'scanals, from thelocalslangof "gawning" and "goozling":staringandwatchingwith themouthagape.
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(Definition ofgongoozlingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/gongoozling##