be/look bare-handed
常与 be、look、seem 等连系动词连用，说明某人干活时手上没有任何防护。
All the staff were bare-handed, so the cleaning fluid hurt their skin.
所有员工都没戴手套，所以清洁剂伤了他们的皮肤。
未戴手套的；赤手的
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未戴手套的；赤手的
not wearing gloves or other hand covering
She was bare-handed when she took the hot pan out of the oven.
她从烤箱里拿出热锅时没有戴手套。
用法提示：bare-handed 作表语形容词，表示主语双手未戴手套。
The bare-handed potter shaped the wet clay on the wheel.
这位没有戴手套的陶艺家在轮盘上塑造湿黏土。
用法提示：bare-handed 位于名词前作定语，说明陶艺家没有戴手套。
He remained bare-handed in the snow while his friends wore thick mittens.
他在雪地里仍然没戴手套，而他的朋友们戴着厚厚的手套。
用法提示：bare-handed 接在系动词 remained 后作表语，描述未戴手套的状态。
常与 be、look、seem 等连系动词连用，说明某人干活时手上没有任何防护。
All the staff were bare-handed, so the cleaning fluid hurt their skin.
所有员工都没戴手套，所以清洁剂伤了他们的皮肤。
作定语直接放在名词前，表示该人此时手上没有手套或没有工具。
Bare-handed workers are likely to get burned in this workshop.
在这个车间里，不戴手套的工人很容易被烫伤。
find 后先接宾语，再接 bare-handed 作宾语补足语，表示发现某人处于徒手、无武器的状态。
The guard found the intruder bare-handed and unarmed.
保安发现闯入者赤手空拳，没有武器。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed up at the party bare-handed, without a gift.
正确表达He showed up at the party empty-handed, without a gift.
汉语“空手”既能指不借助工具，也能指没带东西；英语里“没带东西、一无所获”要用 empty-handed，而 bare-handed 只表示不戴手套或不用工具，不能表示“空手而来”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She fought bare-handedly against the robber.
正确表达She fought bare-handed against the robber.
bare-handed 本身既可作形容词也可作副词，直接作状语即可，不能再加 -ly 构成 bare-handedly。
grammar · medium
易错句子He caught the fish with bare-handed.
正确表达He caught the fish bare-handed.
bare-handed 可以直接作状语修饰动词，前面不加 with；介词 with 后面必须接名词短语，如 with his bare hands。
empty-handed 强调没有收获或没带东西（常译“空手而归”）；bare-handed 强调手上没戴手套或徒手不用工具，不表示“没有所得”。
unarmed 只表示未携带武器；bare-handed 除可指不带武器，还常指没戴手套、徒手做事，侧重动作方式。
bareheaded 与“帽子”相关，指头上没戴帽子；bare-handed 与“手”相关，指没戴手套或徒手不用工具。两者拼写和读音相近，易混。
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