[转帖][分享]基本英语词汇（不断更新）

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海上一民工2005/08/05 03:28

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muggle: n.一个意外找到宝的非玩家；
你正在找宝时，在你身边困扰你的路人。
swag: n.自宝盒中交换得来的宝物；
v.席卷所有宝物。
Stash Note: n.宝盒内的说明告示
TPTB.: = "The Powers That Be"，指Jeremy等大网管。
TNLN: = "Took Nothing, Left Nothing."
TNLNSL: = "Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log."
TFTC: = "Thanks for the Cache."
CIT = "Cache In, Trash Out. "
YAPIDKA: = "Yet Another Park I Didn't Know About."
SBA: = "Should Be Archived "，建议归档。
当有人登录这个建议选项时，小网管会检查状况，加以归档或做其它处理。
eightball (smilies8)，表情符号中的8号撞球):
n. adj.　运气不好，(像八号球挡在中间一样倒霉)
说明：撞球除"九号球"、"斯诺克"..........，还有一种"八号球"，规则可参:
http://www.acergame.com.tw/document/eigh.shtml

Cache Saturation Guidelines: = The "528 foot rule": = "Proximity Test"
n.饱和条例：1.新申请藏宝点附近一哩不能有其它藏点，若有，小网管会退回申请。
2.例外：a.multicache
b.cito cache
c.跨越河的两岸
d.悬崖顶和悬崖底
e.小网管认为不算近的其它

Geocachers' Creed: 打猎道德；藏宝教条。参: http://www.geocreed.info/
[此贴子已经被作者于2006-4-11 8:10:47编辑过]

海上一民工2005/08/23 05:35

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摘自：http://home.earthlink.net/~prime.suspect/geolex/

1/1 – Cache difficulty/terrain rating shorthand. The difficulty number is always presented first, followed by the terrain rating. Each number can range from 1 to 5 in 0.5 increments. A 1/1 cache is the easiest to find and get to. A terrain rating of 1 indicates that it's handicapped accessible, while a terrain rating of 5 indicates extreme terrain, or that specialized equipment (climbing gear, boat, scuba gear, etc.) is required.

APE Cache – See “Project A.P.E.”.

APIDKA – See “YAPIDKA”.

Approver – See “Reviewer”.

ATCF – “As The Crow Flies”. Point to point mileage, irrespective of roads or barriers. Note that it's not a true point-to-point distance, as the distance calculated by a GPS is actually measured following a mathematical model of the curvature of the earth.

Beach Tube – Lightweight, plastic water-tight cylindrical container, typically used to hold car keys and money while swimming, boating, or surfing. Usually has an attached cord to hang it around your neck. Can be used for micro-caches.

Bison Tube – Small, metal, water-tight cylindrical container that can be used for micro-caches. Small enough to fit on a keychain, and normally used to hold pills. The name is derived from the company which manufactures most of these types of tubes, Bison Design.

Bookcrossing – A bookcrossing cache is one designed for the exchange of books. Like Where's George dollars, a bookcrossing book is registered on-line (at www.bookcrossing.com), and the owner receives email notification when someone retrieves the book and logs it on-line.

Bookmark – A Premium Member feature that allows you to store links to caches in owner-defined Bookmark Lists. Each bookmark can be given a title (or default to the cache title), and a note can be attached.

Bookmark List – A collection of Bookmarks. Each Bookmark List has its own owner-defined title and descriptive text. An automatic e-mail function can be set for each list. When active, an e-mail will be sent to the list's owner whenever a log is posted to a cache on the list. This is similar to the Watchlist, but doesn't alter the listing of the number of people watching a cache. Bookmark Lists can also be either Private (the default), or Public. If set to Public, anyone you share the URL link to the list page will be able to view it, and, if they're a Premium Member, also rate the list. If left Private, only the owner can view the list.

Breeder Cache – A cache that has a logging requirement placed on it by the owner, that requires the cache finder to place a new cache of their own, in order to log a find on the original cache. In some cases, a breeder cache may contain smaller cache containers inside, for the finders to use. Some look at breeder caches as a way to promote the placement of new caches in sparse areas. Others see them as encouraging the placement of poorly conceived “junk” caches, just to satisfy the logging requirement. Sometimes known as a “Seed Cache”.

Bug – See “Travel Bug”.

BYOP – “Bring Your Own Pen”.

Cache Machine – When a number of cachers form a group for the purpose of finding a large number of caches in a relatively short period of time. These are usually fairly easy traditional caches that can be found quickly. Like a Power Trail, it's another way for people to easily increase their Find count. As such, it is looked down upon by some.

Cacher – One who participates in geocaching.

Charter Member – See “Member”.

CITO – “Cache In, Trash Out”. The act of removing and disposing of trash you may find while searching for a cache. CITO is also a special type of Event Cache, where cachers get together to clean up a park or public space.

Codeword Cache – A codeword cache does not have log book, but instead, you are required to email back to the owner a code or password placed at the site. These were allowed for a very brief period of time, but they soon gave rise to a number of worthless, uninteresting caches. Since they're really nothing but Virtual caches, minus any interesting subject matter, they were quickly banned from geocache.com. This type of cache is sometimes known as a “Password Cache”.

Constellation – The configuration of GPS satellites overhead at any specific time. Some constellation configurations are better than others for calculating your position.

Creed, The – See “Geocachers' Creed”.

Decon Kit – U.S. military decontamination kit box, approximately 2.5” x 3.5” x 1.5”. Sold by military surplus stores. Often used as a mini-cache container. Durable and waterproof under normal use. Warning labels need to be removed (painted over or sanded off) prior to use.

DNF – “Did Not Find”.

DPM – Including the letters “DPM” in a cache log was a once-secret way to indicate the cache was of low quality. DPM is an abbreviation for “des palourdes mortes", which is French for “the dead clams”. The entire French phrase is “Les longs sanglots des palourdes mortes blessent mon coeur avec un languor monotone pendant qu'ils dansent à minuit", which translates to “The long sobs of the dead clams wound my heart with a monotonous languor as they dance at midnight”. The idea was to include this phrase in a cache log to clue in others that the cache was of low quality. Rarely actually used, as the meaning of DPM quickly spread throughout the geocaching community, and its secrecy was lost.

Film Can – 35mm film container, the archetypal container for micro-caches.

Force, The – See “The Force”.

Frisbee Rule – A guideline first proposed by geocacher Criminal in a May 7, 2003 forum message. It basically states that it should not be necessary to ask permission to place a geocache anywhere that you would not be required to ask permission to play Frisbee. It should be noted that this is not geocaching.com's official position.

FTF – “First To Find”. The first person to locate a cache after it has been placed.

GCxxxx – The GCxxxx waypoint identifier is just that, an identifier. It has little other significance, beyond acting as a unique common identifier. Some GPSr units can only accept waypoints of six characters or less, so the generated ID has a maximum length of six. The GCxxxx ID is actually derived from the sequential ID number assigned to each cache page when it's submitted for approval. The first 2 characters are always “GC”. Originally, the next four characters were created by simply converting the ID number to base-16. But it became apparent that that scheme couldn't create enough IDs for the fast growing sport. In April of 2003, a new scheme was put into place. All cache IDs after CGFFFF would be created using a base-31 scheme. The characters used for the base-31 conversion are 0123456789ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRTVWXYZ (the letters ILOSU are omitted). When converting from a base-31 waypoint ID back to its original sequential ID, you have to subtract 411120, to account for the value change between GCFFFF under the old system, and GCG000 under the new system.

Geocachers' Creed – A voluntary set of guiding principles that describes how geocachers should, in general, act. It was developed by 60 cachers in open forums to orient new players to the ethos of the caching community and to guide experienced players in questionable situations. You can find the Geocachers' Creed at www.geocreed.info.

GeoCoin – Coin-size tokens especially made for individual cachers or caching groups. Some may be very elaborate metal coins with tracking numbers stamped on them and encased in plastic. On the other end of the scale are home-made coins made from a wooden disk, and hand-marked with an ink stamp.

GeoMuggle – See “Muggle”.

GeoMuggled – See “Muggled”.

George – See “WG$”.

Gladware – A generically used term for cheap, disposable plastic food containers. Compared to reusable containers, they make poor cache boxes, as they don't seal as well, and don't stand up as well to the environment.

GPSr – A GPS receiver. The “r” refers to “receiver”, to differentiate the unit from the entire GPS system. The GPS system is comprised of three parts: The Space Segment, which is comprised of the orbiting satellites (SVs); the Control Segment, which are the groundbased monitoring facilities; and the User Segment, the actual receivers.

GPX – A cache database file format. Files in the GPX format are available only to Premium Members. This format contains virtually all the information available on a cache page, plus the last 5 logs made to the cache, as well as any logs the person requesting the file may have made to the cache. GPX files can be requested from a cache page, or via Pocket Queries. See also “LOC”.

海上一民工2005/08/23 05:35

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Ground Zero – The point where the coordinates displayed on your GPS exactly match the coordinates given for a cache. Sometimes abbreviated as “GZ”.

Guidelines – The rules for cache placement. They can be found here.

GZ – See “Ground Zero”.

IBTL – “In Before The Lockdown”. Forum usage only. Indicates that the poster thinks the forum thread will soon be forced closed. Not exclusive to geocaching.

Huckle-Buckle-Beanstalk – A method of group caching, which takes its name from a classic children's game. When a member of the group spots the cache, they walk elsewhere (to not give away the cache's location), then call out, “huckle-buckle-beanstalk!” (or whatever word or phrase the group has decided on). This continues until everyone in the group has either spotted the cache, or given up, after which the cache is retrieved and logged. Compare this to the Three Musketeers method.

LN – “Left Nothing”.

LOC – A cache database file format. The LOC format is available to all members. Only the most basic cache information is included in a LOC file. LOC files can be requested from a cache page, a Pocket Query (for Premium Members), or from a search list. See also “GPX”.

Logging Requirement – A condition, beyond merely finding the cache, that must be met in order to be allowed to log a cache as a find. The owner reserves the right to delete logs that do not follow the requirements. While cache owners are allowed to set logging requirements, the more outlandish requirements are not looked well upon by the caching community. The requirements may be listed on the cache page, or in the cache container. A Breeder Cache is one example of a logging requirement.

Maggots – Another term for a cache Pirates.

Markwell – Used in the forums only. To “Markwell” is to respond to a message with a link to another thread where the posted question has already been answered. Named after the geocacher Markwell.

McToys – Originally referred to the toy give-aways that come with a Happy Meal. In general, it now refers to any cheap trinket that may be found in a cache box. The term is usually used in a derogatory manner.

MEFF – “Most Esteemed First Finder”.

Member – Technically, anyone with a geocaching.com account is a member. But the term “Member” usually refers to those with a paid Premium Membership. Premium Members can have more caches on their watchlist, can run Pocket Queries, and have access to caches that have been designated for Premium Members only (see “MOC”). Members who subscribed during the first year that subscriptions were available, are designated Charter Members. Other than the name, there is no difference between a Premium and Charter membership.

Mini-Cache – The long-time “missing” cache size. Currently, there is not an official cache size category for cache containers that are larger than a “micro”, but smaller than a “regular”. So the geocaching community invented the mini-cache. Mini-caches have room for a limited number of small trade items, and may be big enough to hold a small pen (see “Shorty Pen”). The classic mini-container is the military Decon Kit. Update: In the fall of 2004, the cache size “small” was finally added to handle the mini-cache size. The term “small” was chosen over “mini”, to give it a unique single-letter abbreviation (avoiding confusion with “micro”).

Mitsuko – Geocaching's most famous Sock Puppet. Created by Choberiba, the Mitsuko persona was that of a young, attractive Asian-American female. Images of the Japanese model Akane Souma were used to complete the deception.

MOC – “Members Only Cache”. A Members Only Cache is one that's reserved for Premium Members (see “Member”). MOC caches are designated with a

icon. Only Premium Members can display a MOC cache page, and consequently, only Premium Members can log a MOC.

Muggle – A non-geocacher (taken from the Harry Potter series of books). Also “GeoMuggle”.

Muggled – The discovery of a cache by a non-geocacher. Also “GeoMuggled”. Although non-cachers are encouraged to “play along” should they come across a cache, when someone refers to a cache as having been muggled, it almost always means it was stolen or vandalized.

NIAH – “Needle In A Haystack”. A small cache placed in an area where there are a great number of possible hiding locations.

海上一民工2005/08/23 05:36

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P & G – “Park and Grab”. A easy-to-find cache that you can get very close to by car. Sometimes written as “P-n-G” or “PNG”.

Password Cache – See Codeword Cache.

PI – “Poison Ivy”. Used generically to include poison oak, and poison sumac.

Pirates – A short-lived phenomenon where rogue geocachers would steal caches, and then either: a) destroy the cache; b) hold it for ransom; or c) move it to another location, leaving only a note behind with the new location. A number of minor variations were also used. A late attempt was made by some pirates to legitimize the activity, by making it an opt-in, non-destructive activity. But by that time, pirates had generated so much ill-will among mainstream geocachers (which still exists) that they were drummed out of the sport.

Plunder – Similar to “Muggled”, a plundered cache is one that has been stolen or vandalized. However, there is a slight difference in meaning. Saying a cache has been plundered leaves open the possibility that the act was not done by accidental finders. See also “Pirates”.

PNG – See “P & G”.

Pocket Query – A cache query engine available only to Premium Members. A wide variety of search and filter parameters are available. The resulting query is emailed to you in either GPX or LOC format, on whatever schedule you set.

Power Trail – A path with a large number of easy traditional caches placed every 1/10th of a mile. Like a Cache Machine, it's another way for people to easily increase their Find count. As such, it is looked down upon by some.

PQ – See “Pocket Query”.

Premium Member – See “Member”.

Project A.P.E. – A promotional tie-in with 20^th Century Fox, to publicize their remake of the movie Planet of the Apes. A number of caches were set up around the country, stocked with promotional items from the movie. A few of these caches still exist, and now function as Traditional caches. For the curious, A.P.E. stood for Alternative Primate Evolution.

Reviewer – A local volunteer who validates a cache submission prior to the cache being posted. Sometimes referred to as an Approver, but Reviewer is the preferred term. Reviewers do not personally visit a cache site, but confirm that the cache, as presented in the submission, adheres the the posted Cache Placement Guidelines.

Ringbone – A reference to ringbone in a forum post (usually in the form of the question “Why does my post say ringbone”) is a sly reference to the use of a Sock Puppet created to post messages, in order to bolster one's viewpoint. The term goes back to a forum thread in early March 2004. A poster with the name of “ringbone” attempted to create a new account (named “Oronma”, an anagram of “A Moron”), and post a message as if he were a neophyte geocacher. However, he didn't properly log out and back into the system, so the post appeared under his real account. He then posted the now-famous “why does my post say ringbone” message, again mistakenly under his real account. He apparently figured out his error, and posted the same message under the fake account.

ROT13 – A simple encryption scheme where each letter is rotated 13 characters up or down the alphabet. Based on one of the world's oldest encryption schemes, ROT13 came into common use in the 1970s on early BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems), and later on Usenet. In geocaching, cache location hints are encoded using ROT13.

SBA – “Should Be Archived”. Log type indicating that there is a severe problem with a cache (missing, destroyed, inaccessible, or on private property without permission). When a SBA log is made to a cache, a copy of it is automatically sent to the geocaching.com administration, who then route it to a local reviewer. The official log type is Needs Archived but the term Should Be Archived came first, and has stuck.

Seed Cache – See “Breeder Cache”.

Shorty Pen – A ink pen that has been shortened enough to fit in a small cache container. There are companies that sell them ready-made (ShortyPen.com) or you can make your own in any size you want for 15¢ to 20¢ each.

Signal – Signal is the official mascot of geocaching.com. Designed by artist Koko, Signal is a frog with an GPS antenna on his (her?) head.

SL – “Signed Log”.

Sock Puppet – A false account used in a forum or chat-room account in order to hide the true owners identity. It is a common Internet term, and is not specific to geocaching.

Spoiler – An on-line log entry (or photo attached to an on-line log) that may give away the location of a cache, or in some other way “spoil” the caching experience for others.

STF – “Second To Find”. The second person to locate a cache after it has been placed.

SV – Space Vehicle. In GPS terms, SV refers to the satellites comprising the Space Segment of the GPS system.

Tadpole – New forum users are given the avatar title of “Tadpole” until they have posted at least 10 messages, at which time their title changes to “Geocacher”. The tadpole is a reference to the geocaching.com mascot, Signal. Those who are Premium Members have the option of changing their avatar title at any time.

TB – See “Travel Bug”.

TFTC – “Thanks For The Cache”. Occasionally written as T4TC.

TFTH – “Thanks For The Hunt (or Hide)”. Occasionally written as T4TH.

The Creed – See “Geocachers' Creed”.

The Force – The experience gained from finding caches, which helps one spot locations likely to be concealing a cache. Taken, of course, from the Star Wars movies.

Three Musketeers – A method of group cache hunting, which takes its name from the Musketeer motto, “All for one and one for all.” Unlike the Huckle-Buckle-Beanstalk method, as soon as one person in the group finds the cache, the hunt is over, and all members of the group log their find.

TN – “Took Nothing”.

TNLN – “Took Nothing, Left Nothing”.

TNLNSL – “Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log”.

TNX4GC – “Thanks For The Geocache”. Similar to TFTC.

TPTB – “The Powers That Be”. Refers to the upper echelon of the geocaching.com administrative hierarchy.

Travel Bug – An item that travels from cache to cache. The item has unique tracking number (assigned by geocaching.com), which allows you to follow its journey.

Travel Bug Hotel – A geocache with the intended purpose of acting as an exchange point for Travel Bugs. These are almost always Regular or larger sized containers. Most Travel Bug Hotels have a rule that you should leave as many Travel Bugs as you take, so as to not deplete the supply.

UPR – See “UPS”.

UPS – “Unnatural Pile of Sticks”. A common telltale sign of a hidden cache. Sometimes UPR (Unnatural Pile of Rocks) or URP (Unnatural Rock Pile) is used.

URP – See “UPS”.

Watchlist – A list of caches for which you will receive via email a copy of any logs made for those caches. The number of caches you can have on your watchlist is dependent on the type of membership you have.

WG$ – Refers to either a Where's George dollar bill or the Where's George website (wheresgeorge.com).

Why Does My Post Say Ringbone – See “Ringbone”.

WJTB – “White Jeep Travel Bugs”. See YJTB. The second “Jeep” contest used larger, white Jeeps.

YAPIDKA - “Yet Another Park I Didn't Know About”.

YJTB – “Yellow Jeep Travel Bugs”. A contest held in conjunction with Jeep. The logs and pictures for the Jeep Travel Bugs were judged for creativity and originality in order to win Jeep gear. See also “Travel Bug”.

蝌蚪2006/04/10 16:38

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Hi,

第一篇文章好眼熟, 是從台灣網站貼過來的

原文出處 http://tw.geocaching.dnip.net/viewtopic.php?t=50

請註明文章來源, 尊重智慧財產權, 謝謝.

更或者貴站可以自己多寫些文章, 有點原創性, 盡量避免轉貼, 應該更吸引人上站

海上一民工2006/04/11 00:13

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是是，一开始很多中文的资料都是从台湾省网站转过来的。http://www.mobile01.com/topiclist.php?f=130
从这个论坛的多一些，以后一定注意注明转帖，并多写原创文章。

mikecoup2006/07/29 19:45

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spoiler的理解

这个词在每个cache的说明上都能看到。困惑了很久，终于使劲理解了一下

Spoiler – An on-line log entry (or photo attached to an on-line log) that may give away the location of a cache, or in some other way “spoil” the caching experience for others.

简单地讲就是“泄露天机”。例如有的点虽然到了那里，但却存在很多可能性，比如“Fused Rock”那里就有很多类似的石头，如果没有更准确的描述或者照片，那可能要花很多时间确定到底是哪一块石头。这时随着cache发布时提供的照片就成了spoiler，根据照片能够准确地找到那块石头。

有的geocacher为了提高挑战性，在寻找cache之前不看spoiler和其他发现者的log。

johnny2007/06/10 08:33

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哇...晕了...很多东西要慢慢翻译慢慢看...

hphphphp2012/06/25 05:52

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多谢楼主了解了

yeepcheng2012/07/04 08:59

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那么多术语啊，要好好研究下了

boistero2012/08/26 08:18

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怎么全是英文的翻译

x_sq2012/09/23 14:20

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都是英文啊，头大ing。

地面飞行员2012/11/13 17:53

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在线翻译很好的选择，努力学习中！！！

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