gongoozling
noun[U]
UKinformaluk/ɡɒnˈɡuːz.lɪŋ/us/ɡɑːnˈɡuːz.lɪŋ/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。
- 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.
Watercourses & waterfalls
- amazon
- arroyo
- beck
- bourne
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- cataract
- Euphrates
- fluvial
- fordable
- gulch
- gully
- rapids
- rill
- riverbed
- riverine
- runnel
- the Thames
- waterway
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