English Dictionary

fleece

IPA（発音記号）

/fliːs/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money. / (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). / (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

日本語の意味

（誰かから）金銭を騙し取る、詐欺を働く / （羊などの）毛を刈る、羊毛を取る / （衣服などで）覆う、または羊毛のように覆い被せる

Scammers fleece tourists by charging inflated prices for fake services.

詐欺師たちは偽のサービスで法外な料金を請求して観光客から金銭を騙し取る。

意味（1）

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.

意味（2）

(transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

意味（3）

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

fleeces （ present singular third-person ）

fleecing （ participle present ）

fleeced （ participle past ）

fleeced （ past ）