lore
noun /lɔː(r)/
/lɔːr/
[uncountable]- 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
（尤指口头流传的）某一方面的学问；（某一群体的）传说，传统 - weather lore
天气的知识 - Celtic lore
凯尔特人的传说
- Local lore has it that a young girl who washes in this well will always have a fair complexion.
当地传说，在这口井里洗的年轻女孩总是肤色白皙。 - We know little about the lore and traditions of this ancient people.
我们对这个古老民族的知识和传统知之甚少。 - Women with an understanding of herbal lore were often regarded as witches.
过去懂得草药知识的妇女常被认为是女巫。
词源Old English lār ‘instruction’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch leer, German Lehre, also to learn. - weather lore