資料來源 : pyDict
羊毛,羊毛狀之物剪下羊毛,詐取
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fleece \Fleece\, n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to D. flies,
vlies .]
1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other
similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or
animal, at one time.
Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious
fleece. --Milton.
2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the
doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
{Fleece wool}, wool shorn from the sheep.
{Golden fleece}. See under {Golden}.
Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fleecing}.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially
by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions
and exactions.
Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them,
the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller.
3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.
資料來源 : WordNet®
fleece
n 1: the wool of a sheep or similar animal
2: tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for
clothing [syn: {sheepskin}]
3: a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for
clothing
4: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks [syn: {wool}]
v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak},
{surcharge}, {gazump}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}]
[ant: {undercharge}]
2: shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: {shear}]