n. wool shorn from a sheep:sheep 羊毛;羊
△As.2.4.79 (78): “But I am shepherd to anotherman. / And do not shear the fleeces that I graze.”但我只是给人家牧羊的,我喂羊,但是羊毛却不归我剪。
fleece
vt. strip,rob,plunder 把…剥光,抢劫,掠夺。
△1H.IV.2.2.93 (85): “Down with them! fleecethem!”打倒他们! 把他们的东西抢光!
△2H.VI.3.1.128:“Unless it were a bloody murderer,/ Or foul feloni-ous thief that fleeced poor passengers,”除非是血淋淋的杀人犯,或者抢劫可怜的行人的罪大恶极的盗贼。
fleece[fli:s]
n. 羊毛,羊毛状物 v. 剪羊毛,敲竹杠,诈取
◇ fleece sb. of 诈取某人的财物
‖ fleecy adj. 羊毛状的
fleeced adj.布面起绒的