high-heeled shoe
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2.7
- noun
- /haɪ hɪld ʃu/
:
zapato de tacón alto
- After a while, my toes in the high-heeled shoes began to lose all sense of feeling.
And just the side of us was the ladies pocketbook and a high heel shoe and someone's sneaker with nobody with it.
- And just the side of us was the ladies pocketbook and a high heel shoe and someone's sneaker with nobody with it.
Examples
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We dressed up for dinner at the Maplewood Grill: skirts, purses, and high-heeled shoes.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was difficult to walk on the cobblestones in my new high-heeled shoes.
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At the last moment, she took off the high-heeled shoes she had chosen and changed them for flat ones.
Fiction book (1996) -
On her feet were a pair of bright red high-heeled shoes.
Fiction book (1993) -
I should add that since that evening, she has never worn high-heeled shoes again, at least in my presence.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then I eased my feet into the high-heeled shoes, and when I stood up, I had my balance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then she changed into one of her mother's casual summer dresses and high-heeled shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
When women in the fifties went out, it became an event: they wore hats and gloves and high-heeled shoes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Fashionably dressed in a white dress and high-heeled shoes, a young woman walks behind her quite unencumbered.
Academic text (1997) -
Bobbie was wearing high-heeled shoes, and she braced herself on the counter with one gloved hand.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A covering for the foot with a sole and often a heel
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2.7
Shoes for women with a raised back that lifts the back of the foot above the toes
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4.8
A women's high shoe with a very thin heel
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2.7
A woman's shoe that raises the back of the foot high
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
high-heeled + shoe
The meaning 'a shoe with a tall or raised heel' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'high' (tall) + 'heeled' (having a heel) + 'shoe', so a learner who knows those words can readily infer the concept. This is a standard descriptive compound found across languages and follows normal English noun-modifier composition, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name high-heeled shoe comes from the simple idea of raising the shoe's heel so the wearer stands higher. One popular story says riders first used raised heels to keep their feet steady on horses, and later the raised heel became a sign of 'status' and fashion, so today these shoes are mainly for style and to make the wearer look 'taller'.