英语词汇“fleece”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

fleecefleece1 /flis/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYfleece¹

Origin: Old English fleos

1the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing: fleece-lined slippers2an artificial soft material used to make warm clothes

noun | verb

fleecefleece2 verb [transitive] informal

VERB TABLE

fleece

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	fleece
	he, she, it	fleeces
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	fleeced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have fleeced
	he, she, it	has fleeced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had fleeced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will fleece
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have fleeced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am fleecing
	he, she, it	is fleecing
	you, we, they	are fleecing
Past	I, he, she, it	was fleecing
	you, we, they	were fleecing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been fleecing
	he, she, it	has been fleecing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been fleecing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be fleecing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been fleecing

to charge someone too much money for something, usually by tricking him or her: If you paid $40 for that ring, you were fleeced.