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单词 fleece
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fleece

Word family adjectivefleecedfleecelessfleecynounfleecerfleece
Related topics: Animals, Agriculture, Clothes
fleece1 /fliːs/ noun  
1. HBATA[countableC] the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing 〔尤指连毛带皮做成衣服的〕羊毛
2. DCC[uncountableU] an artificial soft material used to make warm jackets 〔制作保暖上衣的〕绒头织物
3. [countableC] British EnglishBrE a jacket made of this artificial material 绒头织物短上衣
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fleece2 verb [transitiveT] informal  
CHEATto charge someone too much money for something, especially by tricking them 〔尤指用花招〕敲的竹杠
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From Longman Business Dictionary
fleecefleece /fliːs/ verb [transitiveT] informal
to charge someone too much money for something, usually by tricking them
He fleeced investors of more than $500,000 by selling the recording rights to songs he didn’t own.
Origin fleece1
Old English fleos
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