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sore

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sore1 /sɔː $ sɔːr/ ●●● S3 adjectiveadj   → soar, saw
1  MIHURT/CAUSE PAINa part of your body that is sore is painful, because of infection or because you have used a muscle too much 〔身体部位〕疼痛的；〔肌肉〕酸痛的
 I had a sore throat and aching limbs.
我喉咙疼，四肢酸痛。
sore from
 My arms are sore from all the lifting.
我搬东西搬到手臂酸痛。
► see thesaurus at painful
2  sore point/spot/subject (with somebody) UPSETsomething that is likely to make someone upset or angry when you talk about it 容易惹某人烦恼[生气]的话题
 Just don’t mention it – it’s always been a sore point with him.
千万别提那件事，那一直是他的痛处。
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sore point/spot/subject (with somebody)• And now she had pierced her again in this sore spot.• Graduate entry with resultant opportunities for promotion was then - as now - an especially sore point.• The potential restriction of physician income is a major sore point.• Tom gently washed Willie's body again and smoothed witch-hazel on to the sore spots.• Finally, there are plans to provide custodians a sore point to enable the churches to open for two hours a day.• It is still a sore point with both grandparents that neither Alice nor Henry have been baptized.• This is a sore spot with me.
3  [not before noun] especially American EnglishAmE informalUPSETANNOY upset, angry, and annoyed, especially because you have not been treated fairly 〔尤指因受到不公平对待而〕恼火的，气愤的
 Mac’s still sore because I didn’t invite him.
马克还在因为我没邀请他而生气呢。
sore at
 Don’t be sore at me – I just forgot to tell you.
别生我的气，我只是忘记告诉你了。
4  [only before noun] British EnglishBrESERIOUS SITUATION used to emphasize how serious, difficult etc something is 极度的，非常的
 Inner city schools are in sore need of extra funds.
市中心贫民区的学校亟需增加经费。
5  sore loser someone who gets angry or upset when they lose a game or competition 输不起的人
 Nobody likes a sore loser.
谁都不喜欢输不起的人。
6  stick/stand out like a sore thumb informal if someone or something sticks out like a sore thumb, they are very noticeable because they are different from everyone or everything else 招眼，碍眼，扎眼
 You stick out like a sore thumb in that uniform.
你穿那套制服太扎眼了。
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stick/stand out like a sore thumb• You can't come to the restaurant dressed in jeans. You'd stick out like a sore thumb.• For these reasons feminist values stand out like a sore thumb.• Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb.• Having said that, in some of the bits of Shoreditch I passed through I stuck out like a sore thumb.• I mean, it sticks out like a sore thumb.• There's no cover, and - as happened to me - any stranger sticks out like a sore thumb.• We stand out like sore thumbs.• You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform, Charles.
→ be like a bear with a sore head at bear2(3), → a sight for sore eyes at sight1(14)
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sore• They would do this for hours until my neck grew sore.• The corners of the mouth may be cracked and sore and the tongue unusually red.• You have laboured up an unending hill with heavy feet which are swollen, sore and tired.• He was like Doctor Cooper poking a sore appendix.• And they were sore as a boil, and righteously so.• His eyes looked red and sore, as if he had been rubbing them.• She was sore because she wasn't asked to the wedding.• The sore, bruised, aching feeling makes him restless; always having to change position.• We knew the sore facts we had both escaped.• Martin was unable to score at all in the game, complaining of a sore knee.• The matter was not carefully investigated because Thebes was in sore straits at the time.• She missed more than ten performances that year due to a persistent sore throat and cough.• My legs are still sore today.
sore throat• He was 15 and had gone to the doctor with a sore throat.• Performances had to be canceled when she had a sore throat.• You may also have a dry irritating cough, a sore throat and a runny, itchy nose.• If you have a sore throat, are you blocking communication?• This remedy may come up after a Belladonna sore throat has gone down on the chest.• He swallowed, checking for a sore throat, his ears.• Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement.• If you've got a cold or sore throat, they can advise which over-the-counter medicines to take.
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sore2 noun [countableC]  
MIHURT/CAUSE PAINa painful, often red, place on your body caused by a wound or infection 〔受伤或感染所致的〕痛处，疮
 They were starving and covered with sores.
他们在挨 饿，身上长满了疮。
→ cold sore, bedsore, → running sore at running2(5)
Examples from the Corpus
sore• Willie's arms and legs were covered in bruises, weals and sores.• Any sore that does not heaL Progressive changes in size or color or feeling in a wart or mole.• A fleece underblanket protects her from bed sores.• Look out for smell of solvent on breath, nose-bleeds, sores around nose and mouth, weight loss.• During the peri-operative period pressure sore should be prevented by regular changes of position.• The key opens on to a beige carpet that looks like a water poodle with burns and saddle sores.• His hands were gnarled, and his legs were covered with sores.
Origin sore1
Old English sar
sore1 adjectiveadjsore2 noun
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