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Fleece Sheep Sheep's White Fleeced Coat Mary Lamb

英语单词 fleece
英美音标 英 [fliːs] 美 [fliːs]
中文释义 n.羊毛;一次剪得的羊毛;羊毛状物
v.欺诈
英语例句 (1) These sheep have fine thick fleeces.
(2) The sheep's fleece was white as snow.
(3) Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.
(4) They fleeced us at that hotel.
中文例句 (1) 这些绵羊的毛又细又厚。
(2) 羊毛是雪白的。
(3) 让男人穿狮皮,女人穿羊毛。
(4) 那家旅馆敲了我们一笔钱。
vocabulary简明 A fleece is a sheep's coat. Or a goat's. Or a yak's. A person's coat can be called a fleece, too, if it comes from a sheep or goat or a yak or even if it just looks like it did.
vocabulary扩展 You can also use fleece in an informal way to mean cheating someone. Remember how Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow? Well, it was such a nice, clean fleece that Mary tricked the lamb into trusting her, then robbed him of his fleece and turned it into a bomber jacket and a pair of boots. She totally fleeced him!
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]羊毛 A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]一只羊一次剪下的羊毛 A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece.
      3
      [VERB 动词]欺诈;诈骗;敲诈 If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much.
        [V n out of n]
        [Also V n]
        [INFORMAL 非正式]
      • She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds.

        她声称他敲诈了她几千英镑。

      4
      [N-VAR 可变名词]绒头织物;绒头织物服装 Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric.

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