geocache
geocache — 名詞
- geocachesingular
- geocachesplural
1. a small box or other container, hidden outdoors at a known location, that people
藏寶盒
登錄座標供人尋找的戶外小容器
a small box or other container, hidden outdoors at a known location, that people search for as a hobby using GPS coordinates shared online, often holding a logbook and tiny trinkets to swap.
Sayaka found her first geocache tucked under a flat rock near the river path.
Sayaka 在河邊小路旁的一塊扁石頭下，找到她人生第一個藏寶盒。
common pattern: find a geocache + location phrase
The geocache contained a small notebook, a plastic dinosaur, and a marble.
那個藏寶盒裡裝著一本小筆記本、一隻塑膠恐龍和一顆彈珠。
typical contents listed as concrete objects
Park rangers asked Esteban to register every geocache he placed in the forest.
公園管理員要求 Esteban 把他放在森林裡的每個藏寶盒都登記起來。
collocation: place / register a geocache
After two hours of searching, Joshua spotted the geocache wedged behind a loose brick.
搜尋了兩個小時後，Joshua 才在一塊鬆動磚塊後面瞄到那個藏寶盒。
Each geocache had clear rules: take a small item, leave a small item, sign the log.
每個藏寶盒都有清楚的規矩：拿一樣小東西、放一樣小東西，然後在紀錄本上簽名。
informal rule pattern stating the hobby's etiquette
- find a geocache
- hide a geocache
- place a geocache
- log a geocache
- cache
general term for a hidden store of items; "geocache" specifies the GPS-based hobby
- treasure box
informal and playful; lacks the GPS coordinate convention
文法句型
a geocache
find a geocache
用法筆記
Often counted with a number or premodifier ("a hidden geocache", "three geocaches"). The hobby itself is the noun "geocaching"; an individual hiding spot or container is the geocache.
常見錯誤
geocache — 動詞
- geocachepresent simple I / you / we / they
- geocaches3rd person singular
- geocaching-ing form
- geocachedpast simple
1. to spend time looking outdoors for small containers hidden by other people, usin
玩尋寶遊戲
用 GPS 在戶外找尋他人藏匿的容器
to spend time looking outdoors for small containers hidden by other people, using a GPS device or phone app to follow shared coordinates as a hobby.
Nora and her cousin geocache every weekend in the hills behind their school.
Nora 和她表親每個週末都在學校後面的山丘上玩尋寶遊戲。
habitual pattern: geocache + frequency adverbial
Trang taught the new club members how to geocache safely in unfamiliar parks.
Trang 教社團新成員如何在陌生公園裡安全地玩尋寶遊戲。
infinitive pattern: how to geocache
We geocached for six hours along the coastal trail and found only two boxes.
我們沿著海岸步道玩了六個小時的尋寶遊戲，只找到兩個盒子。
past tense + duration: geocached for + time
Adaeze prefers to geocache in winter, when fewer hikers crowd the woodland paths.
Adaeze 比較喜歡在冬天玩尋寶遊戲，那時林間步道上的健行者比較少。
Obi started geocaching after his geography teacher showed the class a tracking app.
Obi 在地理老師向全班介紹一個定位 App 之後，開始玩起這種戶外尋寶遊戲。
gerund form: start geocaching
- go geocaching
- geocache on weekends
- learn to geocache
- treasure hunt
verb phrase; broader and not GPS-specific
文法句型
geocache + adverbial
go geocaching
用法筆記
Most often used intransitively or in the gerund "geocaching". Pair with adverbials of place ("in the forest"), time ("on weekends"), or duration ("for hours") rather than a direct object.
常見錯誤
同根字
- geocaching名詞C1
- geocacher名詞C1