high-heeled

high-heeled — adjective

1. describing shoes whose back part under the foot is made tall, lifting the wearer

1.形容詞B1
釋義

describing shoes whose back part under the foot is made tall, lifting the wearer's heel noticeably above the toes

例句

Leila wore elegant high-heeled shoes to the wedding dinner.

collocation: high-heeled shoes

The high-heeled boots made a clicking sound on the wooden stairs.

collocation: high-heeled boots

同義詞
  • stiletto

    refers only to very thin, narrow high heels; more specific than 'high-heeled'

  • heeled

    broader term for any shoe with a heel of any height, not just high ones

反義詞
  • flat

    describes shoes with no raised heel at all

文法句型

high-heeled + noun (shoes, boots, sandals, pumps)

用法筆記

Only used to describe footwear. Always appears before the noun it modifies (high-heeled shoes, high-heeled boots), never after a linking verb.

常見錯誤

❌I bought high-heeled.
✅I bought high-heeled shoes.
💡'high-heeled' is a compound adjective and must be followed by a noun.