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  • Conjugation : past  sored ; ing  soring ; more  sorer ; most  sorest
  • Derivatives : n  soreness
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

sore [sɔːr]
  1. 1. adjective (painful) 痛的
  2. 2. adjective [US] [inf] (angry) 恼火
  3. 3. noun [c] 痛处
    it's a sore point (with him)
    这是(他的一个痛处
    to be sore about sth
    [US] [inf] 因某事生气
    to be sore at sb
    [US] [inf] 生某人的气

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

sore [sɔːr]
  1. 1. adjective 疼痛的感到痛的
  2. 2. adjective 引起伤痛的,痛苦
    It was a sore trial to him.
    这对他来说是一种痛苦考验
  3. 3. adjective 激怒的,生气
  4. 4. adjective 极度的,强烈的
  5. 5. n.[c] 疮,溃疡
  6. 6. n.[c] 伤心事

Collins English-English Dictionary

sore [sɔː]
  1. 1. adj (esp of a wound, injury, etc) painfully sensitive; tender
  2. 2. adj causing annoyance
    a sore point
  3. 3. adj resentful; irked
    he was sore that nobody believed him
  4. 4. adj urgent; pressing
    in sore need
  5. 5. adj [postpositive] grieved; distressed
  6. 6. adj causing grief or sorrow
  7. 7. n a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc
  8. 8. n any cause of distress or vexation
  9. 9. adv [Archaic] direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid)
  10. 10. adv [Etymology] Old English sar; related to Old Norse sarr, Old High German ser, Gothic sair sore, Latin saevus angry

Examples

a sore place on the leg
腿上伤痛处
to be sore all over
浑身作痛
to be sore about sth
[US] [inf] 因某事生气
to have a sore throat
嗓子疼
The herb is used as a home remedy for sore throats.
这种草药可以用作家庭常备药物来治疗喉咙肿痛。

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