[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
Old English lār 'instruction', of Germanic origin: related to Dutch leer, German Lehre, also to learn
lore2 noun
(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