informal, chiefly N. Amer. <非正式, 主北美>
- a shallow inlet or cove that is difficult or dangerous to navigate（航行不便或有危险的）浅水小湾。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- cruise in and out of such inlets or coves驶出（或驶入）浅水小湾：
they were gunkholing through the coral archipelago.
他们在浅水小湾里驶过珊瑚礁群岛。
词源
early 20th cent.: of unknown origin.