the sole of one's foot/shoe
表示“某人的脚底或鞋底”时，英语习惯用 the sole of one's foot/shoe 这样的 of 结构，而不是说 his foot sole。
He had a painful blister on the sole of his foot.
他脚底起了一个很疼的水泡。
脚底；脚掌
soles — plural of sole
鞋底；靴底；（高尔夫球杆的）杆底；鳎鱼；鲽鱼；鳎鱼肉；鲽鱼肉；底部；基底；矿井底部；水平矿脉
脚底
The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
鞋底或高尔夫球杆底部
the underside of footwear or a golf club
鞋底
The bottom of a shoe or boot.
几种比目鱼的瘦肉
lean flesh of any of several flatfish
鳎鱼,鳎科的扁鱼；真正的鳎鱼
Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
脚底
the underside of the foot
类似鳎科的扁鱼
A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
底部或下部,或物体支撑的部分
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
矿井的底部；用于水平矿脉或矿层
The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
I got a blister on the sole of my foot after wearing new shoes.
我穿了新鞋后，脚底磨出了一个水泡。
用法提示：此处 sole 是名词，指‘脚底’，与 of 连用说明脚的部位。
The soles of his feet were black from walking barefoot on the dirty floor.
他赤脚走在脏地板上，脚底都黑了。
用法提示：soles 是 sole 的复数形式，作名词，意思是‘脚底、脚掌’。
She massaged the sole of her foot to ease the pain.
她按摩脚底来缓解疼痛。
用法提示：sole 作名词，指‘脚底’，是 foot 的底面。
表示“某人的脚底或鞋底”时，英语习惯用 the sole of one's foot/shoe 这样的 of 结构，而不是说 his foot sole。
He had a painful blister on the sole of his foot.
他脚底起了一个很疼的水泡。
soles 是可数名词复数，描述鞋底的材质或厚薄时，常用 have + 形容词 + soles 的结构。
These hiking boots have thick rubber soles.
这双登山靴有厚实的橡胶鞋底。
作“鳎鱼”解时，sole 指这种鱼或其鱼肉，常见于 a fillet of sole 这类表达，此时不用复数 soles。
We ordered a fillet of sole with lemon butter.
我们点了一份配柠檬黄油的鳎鱼柳。
bottom泛指任何物体的底部，而sole专指鞋底或脚掌，用于鞋子时bottom更通用。
underside强调位置关系，sole特指鞋底面。
base通常指基础或底座，sole指鞋底时更具体。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the hike, my souls were very sore.
正确表达After the hike, my soles were very sore.
sole 指脚底或鞋底，soul 指灵魂；两者同音 /soʊl/，不能因发音相同而把 sole 写成 soul。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have a blister on my foot's sole.
正确表达I have a blister on the sole of my foot.
英语中表示身体某部位的一部分，通常用 “the + 部位 + of + 身体部位” 结构，如 the sole of my foot，而不是汉语式的 my foot's sole。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need to buy new sole for my shoes.
正确表达I need to buy new soles for my shoes.
sole 是可数名词；表示一双鞋的新鞋底时要用复数 soles，且复数泛指前通常不加冠词。
脚掌
He has a callus on the sole of his foot.
他脚掌上有一块老茧。
橡胶鞋底
These boots have thick rubber soles.
这双靴子有厚厚的橡胶鞋底。
皮革鞋底
The shoes feature genuine leather soles.
这双鞋采用真皮鞋底。
唯一幸存者
He was the sole survivor of the plane crash.
他是那次空难的唯一幸存者。
唯一养家糊口的人
After her husband's death, she became the sole breadwinner.
丈夫去世后，她成了唯一的养家糊口的人。
唯一目的
The sole purpose of this meeting is to discuss safety.
这次会议的唯一目的是讨论安全问题。
Choose the next layer that will help you use soles with more confidence.
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