lore

lore1
noun
  1. [mass noun]a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth
    (关于某一学科的)知识,传说;(口头传下来的)学说
    the jinns of Arabian lore.
    阿拉伯传说中的精灵。
    baseball lore.
    棒球知识。
语源
  1. Old English lār 'instruction', of Germanic origin: related to Dutch leer, German Lehre, also to learn

lore2
noun
  1. (Zoology)the surface on each side of a bird's head between the eye and the upper base of the beak, or between the eye and nostril in snakes
    (动)(鸟的)眼先,(蛇的)颊
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: from Latin lorum 'strap'
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