fleeced
意味一覧 (2件)
羊毛を刈られた
解説 Definition
動詞 fleece の過去形・過去分詞で、羊などから毛を刈り取ることを表す。多くは受け身で、sheep were fleeced のように家畜が毛を刈られた場面を述べる。詐欺の意味ではなく、畜産や羊毛の文脈で使う。
Fleeced is the past tense and past participle of fleece when it means to cut the wool from a sheep or a similar animal. It is often used in passive forms to describe animals after this work has been done. In this entry, it refers to farming or wool production, not to cheating someone out of money.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fleece は名詞で「羊毛、フリース」の意味があり、フリース素材の上着を思い浮かべると覚えやすいです。動詞では、その羊毛を羊から取る、つまり「毛を刈る」という働きになります。fleeced は過去分詞なので、the sheep were fleeced のように「羊が毛を刈られた」と受け身でよく出ます。別エントリの「だまし取られた」は比喩的な意味なので、羊・毛・wool が出る文脈では本義を優先します。
Think of fleece as the soft material used in a fleece jacket. The verb fleece means to take that wool from the sheep, so fleeced means the wool has already been cut off. In sentences like "The sheep were fleeced," it is often used in the passive. If the context mentions sheep, wool, or farming, choose this original meaning, not the figurative meaning about being cheated.
例文
The sheep were fleeced before the weather turned cold.
その羊たちは寒くなる前に毛を刈られた。
By the end of spring, all the animals had been fleeced and checked by the farmer.
春の終わりまでに、家畜はみな毛を刈られ、農家に点検された。
The freshly fleeced sheep looked smaller than they had the day before.
毛を刈られたばかりの羊は、前日より小さく見えた。
だまし取られた
(意味 2)解説 Definition
動詞 fleece の過去形・過去分詞で、金品をだまし取る、または法外な料金を請求してぼったくるという意味を表す。受け身では「詐欺に遭って金を取られた」「不当に高い金額を払わされた」という状態を指し、被害を述べる文脈でよく使われる。
Fleeced means tricked or cheated out of money or valuables. It is an informal word and often suggests that someone was treated unfairly in a clever or dishonest way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この fleeced は、羊毛を刈られたという基本義とは別に、「金をだまし取られた、ぼったくられた」という比喩的な意味です。人から羊毛をはぎ取るように、金品をすっかり取られるイメージで覚えると定着しやすいです。I got fleeced. や tourists were fleeced の形で、詐欺・悪質な商売・不当な高額請求の被害を述べるときに使います。cheated よりも金銭被害に焦点があります。
Remember the base form fleece, which is often used for taking money from someone unfairly. The form fleeced is very common in sentences like I got fleeced or tourists were fleeced. That helps you link it to paying too much, being cheated in business, or being badly overcharged. It is closer to scammed for money than to general cheated.
例文
The tourists were fleeced by a dishonest taxi driver who charged triple the normal fare.
観光客たちは、通常料金の3倍を請求する悪質なタクシー運転手にだまし取られました。
She realized too late that she had been fleeced by an online scam.
彼女は、ネット詐欺にだまし取られていたことに遅れて気づきました。
Many elderly people were fleeced out of their savings by the fraud ring.
多くの高齢者が、その詐欺グループに貯金をだまし取られました。
fleeced の語源・成り立ち Etymology
fleece は古英語 fleos「羊毛、羊の毛皮」に由来します。名詞の「羊毛」から、動詞として「羊から毛を刈る」という意味が生まれました。
Fleece comes from Old English fleos, which meant "wool" or "a sheep's coat." From that noun, the verb developed the meaning "to remove wool from a sheep."
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