1
- the woolly covering of a sheep or goat（绵羊, 山羊）羊毛：
as the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces
绵羊上了剪毛台, 我们就抓住那又长又厚的毛
mass noun he clutched the ram by two handfuls of thick fleece.他双手紧抓住厚毛把公羊揪住。
1.1
- the amount of wool shorn from a sheep in a single piece at one time（从一只绵羊）一次剪得的羊毛量。
2
- a thing resembling a sheep's woolly covering, in particular羊毛状物, 尤指：
2.1
- mass noun a soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, used as a lining material羊毛状衬里。
2.2
- a jacket or other garment made from such a fabric羊毛状织物上衣（或其他衣服）。
2.3
- Heraldry a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring【纹章】挂在环形饰物上的羊毛状装饰。
with obj.
1
- informal obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them〈非正式〉（尤指用高价或诈骗）诈取（某人）大笔钱财：
we were fleeced by a tout for tickets.
我们被票贩子狠宰了一刀。
2
- figurative cover as if with a fleece〈喻〉（用羊毛状物）覆盖：
the sky was half blue, half fleeced with white clouds.
天空一半蓝蓝的, 一半被朵朵如絮的白云覆盖。
派生词
fleeced
adjective词源
Old English flēos, flēs, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlies and German Vlies.