Word · Frequency #6510
sore
痛处；疮；溃疡
A painful, infected, or inflamed area of skin, such as a wound or ulcer.
- 1.
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
受伤、感染、发炎或患病的皮肤区域
- 2.
A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
一岁幼鹰
- 3.
an open skin infection
开放的皮肤感染
- 4.
Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
悲伤
- 5.
A young buck in its fourth year.
四岁的年轻雄鹿
悲痛；苦难；苦恼；第一年的幼鹰或幼隼；四岁雄鹿；受伤、感染、发炎或患病的皮肤区域；一岁幼鹰
In use
The doctor told me to keep the sore clean and covered.
He had a sore on his foot that would not heal.
Wash your hands before touching the sore to avoid infection.
Connections
Collocations
- open sore
- 开放性溃疡；外露的疮
- He had an open sore on his arm that took weeks to heal.他胳膊上有一处开放性溃疡，花了几周才愈合。
- cold sore
- 唇疱疹；感冒疮
- She often gets a cold sore when she is under stress.她压力大时常常长唇疱疹。
- canker sore
- 口腔溃疡；口疮
- A canker sore can make eating and talking uncomfortable.口腔溃疡会让人吃东西和说话不舒服。
- pressure sore
- 褥疮；压力性溃疡
- Nurses regularly turn patients to prevent pressure sores.护士们定期为病人翻身以预防褥疮。
- infected sore
- 感染的疮；发炎的溃疡
- If the sore looks infected, seek medical advice immediately.如果疮口看起来感染了，请立即就医。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sore拆成so+re，联想伤口“so red”（通红），红肿疼痛之处就是sore（痛处/疮）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical consultations、health education materials、everyday talk about minor injuries 这里指名词最常见的“皮肤痛处、疮”用法。sore 多用于医疗、健康或日常受伤话题，语气中性，正式和非正式场合都较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words here rhyme with 'sore' in General American: /sɔr/. 'core', 'more', and 'store' share the spelling ending 'ore'; 'door' and 'floor' spell the same sound with 'oor'; 'war' spells it with 'ar'. Caution: 'sour' looks similar to 'sore' but is pronounced /ˈsaʊər/, and 'soar' is a homophone of 'sore'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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