fleece

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

fleeces

1.
(countable, uncountable)Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
2.
(uncountable)Insulating skin with the wool attached.
3.
(countable)A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4.
(countable)An insulating wooly jacket.
5.
(countable, uncountable)(roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
6.
(countable, uncountable)Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
7.
(countable, uncountable)The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

fleeces

V_ing/Gerund

fleecing

V_ed/pp

fleeced

1.
(informal, transitive)To con or trick (someone) out of money.
Đồng nghĩa: swindle
2.
(transitive)To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
Đồng nghĩa: shear
3.
(transitive)To cover with, or as if with, wool.

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Đồng nghĩa

swindle shearshear#Verb

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nickel and dime

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from *fleus.