na‧ked S3 / neɪkəd, neɪkɪd / 形容词

1 not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes 同义词 nude → bare :

The children ran naked through the yard.

a picture of a naked man

They found the body lying half naked in the grass.

The governor ordered the prisoner to be stripped naked and whipped.

stark naked ( also buck naked/naked as a jaybird ) American English (= completely naked )

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In everyday English, people often say that someone has nothing on or doesn’t have anything on rather than say they are naked :

They ran through the yard with nothing on .

2 the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using anything to help you, such as a telescope

visible to/with the naked eye

The mite is just visible to the naked eye.

Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye .

3 weak and unable to protect yourself :

Standing in front on his first day of teaching, Brad felt completely naked .

4 naked truth/self-interest/aggression etc truth, self-interest , aggression etc that is not hidden and is shocking :

The President condemned the invasion as an act of naked aggression.

5 naked light/flame/sword etc a light, flame etc that is not enclosed by a cover :

A naked light bulb dangled from the ceiling.

— nakedly 副词

— nakedness 名词 [不可数名词]

THESAURUS

naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking : a naked man | He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone. | his naked chest

have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This 短语 is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked : Can you wait a minute? I’ve got nothing on! | The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!

bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes : The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.

nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc : a nude portrait of his wife

undressed [名词前不用] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc : Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed. | Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.

topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered : a topless waitress

in the nude not wearing any clothes : Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.

in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes : He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.

go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear : In summertime, he likes to go commando.

in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use : a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff