| 单词 | sole |
| 释义 | sole sole1 —soleness, n. /sohl/, adj. 1. being the only one; only: the sole living relative. 2. being the only one of the kind; unique; unsurpassed; matchless: the sole brilliance of the gem. 3. belonging or pertaining to one individual or group to the exclusion of all others; exclusive: the sole right to the estate. 4. functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority. 5. Chiefly Law. unmarried. 6. without company or companions; lonely: the sole splendor of her life. 7. Archaic. alone. [1350-1400; < L solus alone; r. ME soule alone < OF sol < L solus] Syn. 1. solitary. 2. individual. sole2 —soleless, adj. /sohl/, n. , v. , soled, soling. n. 1. the bottom or under surface of the foot. 2. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel. 3. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything. 4. Carpentry. a. the underside of a plane. b. soleplate. 5. Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground. v.t. 6. to furnish with a sole, as a shoe. 7. Golf. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke. [1275-1325; ME (n.) < OF < L solea sandal, sole, deriv. of solum base, bottom] sole3 /sohl/, n. , pl. (esp. collectively) sole, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) soles. 1. a European flatfish, Solea solea, used for food. 2. any other flatfish of the families Soleidae and Cynoglossidae, having a hooklike snout. [1300-50; ME < MF < OPr < VL *sola (for L solea; see SOLE2), so called from its flat shape; cf. Sp suela, It soglia, Pg solha] |
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