• n. 羊毛，絨頭織物；羊毛制的覆蓋物
• vt. 剪下羊毛；欺詐，剝削
• n. (Fleece)人名；(英)弗利斯

來自PIE*wele, 拔，羊毛，詞源同wool, flannel.

fleece

fleece: [OE] Fleece comes from a prehistoric Germanic *flūsaz. This probably goes back to an Indo-European *plus-, which also produced Latin plūma ‘down’, later ‘feathers’, and Lithuanian plunksna ‘feather’. The metaphorical sense of the verb, ‘swindle’, developed in the 16th century from the literal ‘remove the fleece from’.
=> plume

fleece (v.)

1530s in the literal sense of "to strip (a sheep) of fleece," from fleece (n.). From 1570s in the figurative meaning "to cheat, swindle, strip of money." Related: Fleeced; fleecer; fleecing.

fleece (n.)

"wool coat of a sheep," Old English fleos, flies "fleece, wool, fur, sealskin," from West Germanic *flusaz (cognates: Middle Dutch vluus, Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies), which is of uncertain origin; probably from PIE *pleus- "to pluck," also "a feather, fleece" (cognates: Latin pluma "feather, down," Lithuanian plunksna "feather").

1. He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.

他穿著黑色作戰褲和帶風帽的羊毛衣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a bright red fleece

鮮紅的絨頭織物

來自《權威詞典》

3. Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.

米歇爾也會按顧客的要求為其紡羊毛呢，每盎司收費2.25美元。

來自柯林斯例句

4. My warmest coat is lined with fleece.

我那件最暖的大衣襯有絨毛里子.

來自辭典例句

5. With their fleece sopping wet, they huddled in hollows, too dispirited to graze.

在皮毛打濕的情況下, 他們擠在低洼處,靠近黑莓叢,或者躲在背風坡上, 毫無覓食的情緒.

來自辭典例句