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。
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。
- 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。
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。
- 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.