| 单词 | fleece |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [fli:s] |
| 解释 | n. 生羊皮，羊毛；v. 骗取 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.生羊皮，羊毛(the wool covering a sheep; wool) 【记】 分割记忆：flee(逃跑 )+ce； fleece作动词意为欺 诈，骗取，大概是因 为披羊皮的狼的故事而来 【例】 They really fleeced us at the hotel. |
| 字源 | fleece (v.) 1530s in the literal sense of "to strip a sheep of fleece;" 1570s in the figurative meaning "to cheat, swindle," from fleece (n.). Related: Fleeced; fleecing. fleece (n.) Old English fleos, from West Germanic *flusaz (cognates: Middle Dutch vluus, Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies), probably from PIE *pleus- "to pluck," also "a feather, fleece" (cognates: Latin pluma "feather, down," Lithuanian plunksna "feather"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 羊皮; (一次剪得的)羊毛 = wool; v 骗取(钱或财物) 【记】flee(v 逃跑), ce死: 不逃跑就死了, 因为披着羊皮的狼来骗人了. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】flee 想象敌人逃跑时，落下一地羊毛的情景；fleece |
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