lore

英 [lɔː(r)]

美 [lɔːr]

n.  (尤指口头流传的)某一方面的学问; (某一群体的)传说，传统

复数：lores　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15341 / COCA.10674

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指口头流传的）某一方面的学问；（某一群体的）传说，传统
  knowledge and information related to a particular subject, especially when this is not written down; the stories and traditions of a particular group of people
  1. weather lore
     天气的知识
  2. Celtic lore
     凯尔特人的传说

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 传说；典故
  Theloreof a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history.
  1. ...the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors' lore.
     尽是有关水手的传说故事的《航海志》
  2. ...ancient Catalan lore.
     古老的加泰罗尼亚传说

英英释义

noun

• knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  1. early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend
  Synonym:traditional knowledge

双语例句

• That is, of course, untrue: lots of books form important lore for developers.
  这当然是不对的：许多老书仍然能够提供对于开发人员很重要的知识。
• They learned the lore of herbs from their ancestors.
  他们从祖先那里学到药草的知识。
• He sought out the old farmers and collected their weather lore.
  他找一些老农搜集了他预测天气的经验。
• The Shanghai Film Studios are as old as cinema and so is Shanghai's place in movie lore and history.
  上海电影制片厂的历史与电影同样悠久，上海在电影经验和历史方面的地位亦是如此。
• But can a once-great man of magic defeat a legion of creatures that includes Dragon Soldier, Death Hawks and Gorgons, and still reclaim the legendary castle of lore?
  但是，可以一次过的魔术击败伟人的动物军团，其中包括龙战士，死鹰和蛇发女妖，仍然唤回传说传奇城堡？
• Mysterious symbols; the mystical style of Blake; occult lore; the secret learning of the ancients.
  神秘的符号；布莱克的神秘风格；玄妙的箴言；古代的神秘学问。
• Happiness isn't a pure concept or a countable lore, but an implication detected from life.
  幸福不是一个纯粹的概念，一门可以算计的学问，而是从生活中察觉到的一种意蕴。
• Obviously they figure prominently in the lore, up to and including the Lich King himself.
  很显然，他们在这个传说中表现都很突出，甚至包括我们的巫妖王小阿童鞋。
• Melville incorporated in "Moby Dick" an exhaustive encyclopaedia of whaling lore.
  梅尔维尔在《白鲸》中汇集了各种捕鲸知识。
• She writes songs about capricious lore and wounded hearts.
  她写那些关于变幻无常的爱以及受伤心灵的歌曲。