单词 | fleeced |
释义 | fleecedadj.2 Furnished with a fleece: often preceded by some qualifying word as half-fleeced, rich-fleeced. See also well-fleeced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > furnished with a fleece fleeced1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5 As when two rams..Fight for the rule of the rich fleeced flocke. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxiv. 8 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 183 The fleezed Rammes doe frisking bound. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 663 A sow halfe fleeced with woole, was digged up. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 34 Sheep..fleeced rather with Hair than Wool. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 5 If..the Grazier should bring me one single Weather fat and well Fleeced by Way of Pattern. 1892 Daily News 25 June 5/4 Who is reputed to have owed much of his great wealth to his fleeced flocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasfleeced fleeced adj.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived > fleeced fleeceda1800 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [adjective] > sheared fleeceda1800 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled spoiledc1440 ravisheda1500 pilled?1518 polled1538 rifled1563 despoiled1576 pillaged1629 plundered1639 fleeceda1800 spoliated1815 spulyied1838 a1800 W. Cowper tr. Andreini Adam in Wks. (1835–7) X. 327 The lifeless skins Of fleeced animals. 1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 99 The ill-educated children, the fleeced relatives, who have to suffer from it. < adj.21590 as lemmas |
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