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单词 lore
释义
lorelore /lɔː $ lɔːr/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINlore
Origin:
Old English lar ‘teaching, lesson’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Chicken soup had the lore of being healthful, a strength builder.
  • Felicity still looked rather piqued at his assumption of her ignorance of drink lore.
  • He certainly had no intention of allowing the old lore concerning herbs to die out.
  • He inhales desert lore and data all his waking hours.
  • Snap, Crackle and Pop lore, Kellogg screen savers, etc.
  • There is plenty of lore and legend from Whitehall and Westminster to buttress the case for an imperious premiership.
  • They evoke romantic images of humming orchard hives and summer sweetness, presided over by veiled eccentrics steeped in arcane lore.
  • Want a glimpse of frontier lore without the commercialism and crowds?
word sets
WORD SETS
abominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
knowledge or information about a subject, for example nature or magic, that is not written down but is passed from person to person:  According to local lore, a ghost still haunts the castle.
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