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单词 lore
释义 lore
I. \ˈlō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lār; akin to Old High German lēra doctrine, Old English leornian to learn — more at learn
1. archaic : something that is taught : lesson, doctrine, instruction
 < men admire virtue who follow not her lore — John Milton >
 < we have learnt a different lore — S.T.Coleridge >
2. : something that is learned:
 a. : knowledge gained through study
  < have plied their book diligently and know all about some one branch or another of accepted lore — R.L.Stevenson >
 b. : knowledge or wisdom gained through experience
  < learned for themselves the lore of swift hunting in the dusk — Alan Devoe >
  < skilled in the lore of frocks — Arnold Bennett >
 c. : traditional and unscientific knowledge or belief transmitted usually by word of mouth
  < provides lore about words which is as pleasant as it is unreliable — Charlton Laird >
3.
 a. : a body of knowledge relating to a particular field of learning
  < using anatomical and physiological lore — John Dewey >
  < basic in all modern attitudes toward earth lore — K.F.Mather >
 b. : a body of traditions relating to a person, institution, or place
  < lectured on Scottish lore — Ashley Halsey >
  < the lore of baseball heroes >
Synonyms: see knowledge
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin lorum, from Latin, strap; akin to Greek eulēra reins, Armenian lar rope, and probably to Greek eilein to wind, roll — more at voluble
1.
 a. : the space between the eye and bill in a bird
 b. : the corresponding region in a reptile or fish
2. : the anterior part of the gena of an insect
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