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单词 gongoozler
释义

gongoozlern.

/ɡɒnˈɡuːzlə/
Etymology: Origin unknown; but compare Lincolnshire dialect gawn ‘stare vacantly or curiously’, gooze (also goozen) ‘stare aimlessly, gape’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).
dialect and slang.
Originally, an idler who stares at length at activity on a canal; hence more widely, a person who stares protractedly at anything.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > starer or gazer
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1904 H. R. de Salis Bradshaw's Canals & Navigable Rivers Eng. & Wales 473 Gongoozler, an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the common. This word is believed to have its origin in the Lake District of England.
1906 Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 10/1 Pronounced slowly and with the proper emphasis, ‘gongoozler’ merits a very high place in the vocabulary of opprobrium.
1973 J. Gagg Canallers' Bedside Bk. 66 The great thing about gongoozlers is that once you have the gates closed and the paddles down you can leave them behind you.
1979 Telegraph (Brisbane) 15 June 6/3 A gongoozler is one who stares for hours at anything out of the ordinary..like a visitor to the public gallery of the Queensland Parliament.
1986 New Yorker 29 Sept. 48/2 I stopped off in the Galeana sports park..to watch a game on one of three huge outdoor screens that the city had supplied for gongoozlers like me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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