gongoozle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge. intransitive
  2. To observe things idly. intransitive

词形变化

gongoozles present,singular,third-person gongoozling participle,present gongoozled participle,past gongoozled past

词汇关系

衍生词
gongoozler

词源

Possibly arose from Lincolnshire dialect, in which gawn and gooze both mean stare or gape. Popularised by L. T. C. Rolt in Narrow Boat (1944), a book on canal life.
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