- 1野外求生的本事、山林知識(辨識足跡、找路、生火、紮營那一類);常出現在露營、童軍、野外活動的書裡。
Knowing how to look after yourself in a forest — reading animal tracks, finding your way without a map, choosing a , making a fire, knowing which plants are safe. It's practical knowledge that comes from being in the woods, not from a book.
Knowing how to look after yourself in a forest知道怎麼在森林裡照顧自己——reading animal tracks判讀動物足跡、finding your way without a map沒有地圖也能找到路、choosing a campsite選紮營地點、making a fire生火、knowing which plants are safe知道哪些植物是安全的。It's practical knowledge that comes from being in the woods這是從身處山林中累積出來的實作知識,not from a book不是從書本學來的。
Hunters, guides, scouts and are the people this word is used about, and it has a slightly old-fashioned, adventurous feeling — you meet it in books about wilderness and camping more often than in daily talk. Uncountable: 'good woodcraft', never 'a woodcraft'.
Hunters, guides, scouts and campers are the people this word is used about獵人、嚮導、童軍和露營者是這個詞常拿來形容的對象,and it has a slightly old-fashioned, adventurous feeling它帶著一點老派、愛冒險的味道——you meet it in books about wilderness and camping more often than in daily talk你會在講荒野和露營的書裡遇到它,比在日常對話裡常見得多。Uncountable不可數:'good woodcraft'說 'good woodcraft',never 'a woodcraft'不會說 'a woodcraft'。
A second, much less common meaning is skill at making things from wood, but for that most people just say woodworking or .
A second, much less common meaning is skill at making things from wood第二個比較少見的意思是製作木器的手藝,but for that most people just say woodworking or woodcarving但那個意思大部分人會直接說 woodworking 或 woodcarving。
core核心畫面
組成wood + -craft. Here 'wood' means the forest, not the material — the same 'wood' as in 'a walk in the woods'. And '-craft' is an old English ending meaning skill or strength; it's the same piece you see in words like witchcraft and statecraft.
同家族的字
- craftthe skill itself; the ending -craft is this same word
- witchcraftsame -craft ending: the skill of a witch
- statecraftsame -craft ending: the skill of running a state
- handicraftsame -craft ending: skill with the hands
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
woodcraftnoun
- 1
Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
- “Yes, Waziri,” replied Busuli. “They passed us late yesterday, as we were about to turn back after you. They had no woodcraft. We heard them coming for a mile before we saw them, and as we had other business in hand we withdrew into the forest and let them pass.”
- I don't think some of your—um—pure-blooded Dwarfs have as much woodcraft as might be expected. You've left tracks all over the place.
- 2
The art or skill of wood carving.
woodcraftverb
- 1
To carve or craft from wood.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。