| 释义 |
cruiseway|ˈkruːzweɪ|
[f. cruise n. + way n.1]
An inland waterway intended chiefly for pleasure cruising.
1967British Waterways (Cmnd. 3401) 3 The Government propose that forthcoming legislation should make special provision for two distinct groups of waterways. The first will be those which are to form part of the [British Waterways] Board's commercial division... The second..will be maintained primarily for powered pleasure craft. They can no longer usefully form part of a commercial transport system and they will be known as cruising waterways—or ‘cruiseways’. 1968Guardian 26 July 4/6 The Leeds-Liverpool canal is classified as a cruiseway for all but eight miles of its length. 1971Observer 17 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 10/4 Barbara Castle's 1968 Transport Bill, which designated a few miles of the [canal] system as cruiseways. |