barefoot
barefoot — adjective
- barefootpositive
- more barefootcomparative
- most barefootsuperlative
1. having neither shoes nor socks on your feet
having neither shoes nor socks on your feet
The children ran barefoot across the warm sand at the beach.
barefoot after a movement verb: ran barefoot
Amara left her sandals by the door and stood barefoot on the cool kitchen tiles.
A barefoot man in torn clothes was sitting outside the train station.
Dimitri walked into the temple barefoot, as the sign at the entrance asked.
The barefoot toddler laughed as she splashed through a puddle in the garden.
- shoeless
more common in literary writing and stories
- shod
formal or old-fashioned word for wearing shoes
文法句型
a barefoot + noun
be/look/stand + barefoot
barefoot — adverb
1. without shoes or socks on — used after verbs like walk, run, dance, and stand to
without shoes or socks on — used after verbs like walk, run, dance, and stand to describe how the action is done
Zofia stepped barefoot onto the wet grass and felt the cold dew between her toes.
barefoot with a surface: stepped barefoot onto...
Kwame kicked off his boots and danced barefoot on the wooden floor of the cabin.
adverb of manner: danced barefoot
Hana prefers to walk barefoot along the shoreline early in the morning.
After the ceremony, the bride and groom ran barefoot through the meadow, laughing.
Santiago stubbed his toe badly when he crossed the rocky path barefoot.
- shoeless
more literary; can suggest shoes were lost or removed
- shod
formal word for wearing shoes; rare in everyday speech
文法句型
verb of movement + barefoot
verb of position + barefoot
用法筆記
Used only with verbs of movement or position (walk, run, dance, stand, sit). To describe a person rather than an action, use the adjective form instead.