Word · Frequency #43066
barefooted
/ˌbєəˈfutid/
adverb
赤脚；光脚
Without shoes on; with nothing covering the feet.
- 1.
Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
赤脚；光脚
- 2.
without shoes on
没有穿鞋的
没有穿鞋的；光着脚地
In use
After the rain, the children walked barefooted through the puddles.
He prefers to jog barefooted on the soft grass every morning.
She danced barefooted on the wooden floor.
motion verb + barefooted
barefooted 作副词时，通常放在 run、walk、go 等动作动词后，表示动作进行时未穿鞋。
The children ran barefooted along the beach.
孩子们光着脚沿着海滩跑。
Common mistakes
He barefooted to school.He went to school barefooted.
barefooted 不是动词，不能单独作谓语；需要与 go 等实义动词连用，并放在动词后作方式状语。
She walked with barefooted in the park.She walked barefooted in the park.
受中文“光着脚”影响容易加介词 with，但 barefooted 本身已是副词，直接修饰动词即可，无需 with。
He ran barefootedly along the beach.He ran barefooted along the beach.
barefooted 本身已是副词，不能再加 -ly 构成副词；应去掉多余的 -ly。
Connections
Synonyms
- barefoot
- 赤脚地；光着脚地 · 最常用、自然的副词形式；barefooted 较正式或书面，日常口语多用 barefoot。
- without shoes
- 不穿鞋 · 介词短语，强调状态而非动作方式，常可与 barefooted 互换。
- with bare feet
- 赤着双脚；光着脚 · 描述性短语，语气更具体；注意 bare 本身已含“裸露”义。
Confusing words
- barefoot
- 赤脚（的/地）；光脚（的/地） · barefoot更常用，且可兼作形容词和副词（如walk barefoot）；barefooted较少见，多用于书面语或强调光脚的状态。
- barehanded
- 空手（的/地）；赤手空拳（的/地） · 形式相似（bare+身体部位+-ed），但部位不同：barefooted指脚上没鞋；barehanded指手上没手套或工具，即空手。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.