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fledge

/flej/US // flɛdʒ //UK // (flɛdʒ) //

雏鸟,雏鹰展翅,雏鹰,雏鹰展翅高飞

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fledged, fledg·ing.

    • : to bring up until it is able to fly.
    • : to furnish with or as if with feathers or plumage.
    • : to provide with feathers.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fledged, fledg·ing.

    • : to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. able to fly.

Examples

  • And look here, Fledge, why do William's toes turn out at such a fearful angle?

  • But will and means, In mortals, for the cause ye well discern, With unlike wings are fledge.

  • At that tyme my cat got a fledge yong sparrow which had onely a right wyng naturally.

  • I've watched 'em break shell an' come out an' fledge an' learn to fly an' begin to sing, till I think I'm one of 'em.

  • In 1814 he was ready to say, "Byron hits the mark where I don't even pretend to fledge my arrow."