| 单词 | fleece |
| 释义 | fleece (once / 1031 pages) 1nv 2n 3v 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. 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! WORD FAMILYfleece: fleeceable, fleeced, fleeces, fleecing, fleecy+/fleecy: fleecier, fleeciest, fleecily USAGE EXAMPLESDude looked like a coach or an Old Navy model, all fleeced and boot-cut. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) They buy their Russian River Valley wine and fleece slippers from Costco. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) A bearded man wearing a gray fleece, his eyes puffy, approached the table. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1n outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Syn|Hyper wool coat, pelage growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal 2n the wool of a sheep or similar animal Hyper wool fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving 3n tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing Syn|Hypo|Hyper sheepskin Golden Fleece in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts leather an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning 4v shear the wool from 2Syn|Hyper shear shave, trim cut closely n a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing 3Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers v rip off; ask an unreasonable price Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge undercharge charge (someone) too little money extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring obtain by coercion or intimidation bleedget or extort (money or other possessions) from someone cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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