fledge.
/flej/US // flɛdʒ //UK // (flɛdʒ) //
雏鸟,雏鹰展翅,雏鹰,雏鹰展翅高飞
Definitions
v.verb · 有主动词
- 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.verb · 无主动词
- 1.
fledged, fledg·ing.
- › to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 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."
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