单词 | geocaching |
释义 | geocachingn. An activity or pastime in which an item, or a container holding a number of items, is hidden in a particular location for users of the Global Positioning System to find, with the help of coordinates posted on the internet. ΚΠ 2000 Cache vs. Stash 30 May in Yahoo! gpsstash@egroups.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can we please replace the word ‘stash’ with ‘cache’? ‘GPS Cache Hunt’ and ‘Geocache’ still sound fin[e]. I believe it still works with all of the variations..(Geocaching, geocacher, etc.). 2001 New Scientist 13 Jan. 19/3 You could be standing just metres away from buried treasure—but unless you have a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation receiver you might never find it. This is the premise of a new sport called geocaching, a 21st-century treasure hunt with a digital spin. 2005 K. Kingsley-Hughes Hacking GPS xii. 288 Remember that geocaching isn't all about the numbers and getting to the cache first (well, okay for some people it is!). Do take the time to look around and enjoy your adventure. 2010 Huntsville (Alabama) Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. 1 c While geocaching is the high-tech version of seek-and-find activities, letterboxing is more intuitive, the thinking man's game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2000 |
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