单词 | new-fledged |
释义 | new-fledgedadj. Newly fledged; fledgling. Frequently in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged > newly fledged new-fledged1641 1641 T. Jordan Pictures of Passions, Fancies, & Affections sig. C8 He Raigns..with his Inglorious trains Of new fledg'd Gallantry, who spread the street With their pied Plumes. 1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd ii. 17 Those Lazy-Owls, who..Sit only watchful with their heavy Wings To cuff down new fledg'd Virtues. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 168 As a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies. 1815 W. Wordsworth Ode (new version) in Poems II. 353 With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. Song 119 Swift and strong As new-fledged Eagles. 1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry xi. 334 The fresh gleam of new-fledged leaves in spring. 1929 W. M. Macmillan Bantu, Boer & Briton 178 The new-fledged Volksraad passed the first of a long series of Plakkers' Wetten (Squatters' Laws). 1994 W. Maples & M. Browning Dead Men do tell Tales vii. 98 Our discipline is so new fledged that even in the 1930s the..FBI had to take its cases across the street to the Smithsonian Institution for analysis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasnew-fledged fledged adj. literal and figurative sometimes in combinations as full-fledged, half-fledged, new-fledged. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured digesta1398 ripea1398 fledge1398 concoct1534 seasoned1545 well-seasoned1545 ripened1561 seeded1567 fledged1579 thorough-seasoned1605 matured1626 well-matured1626 advanced1646 concocted1647 digested1657 well-digested1657 predigested1663 maturated1698 drop-ripe1724 well-developed1769 mellowed1798 fully-fledged1906 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. You may perceiue he was..full fledged. ?a1625 Lawes of Candy i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg3/2 That yong-man, who was not fledg'd nor skil'd In Martiall play. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 98 This may pull down..your flidged plumes. 1775 G. White in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 268 I..found they had made very little progress towards a fledged state. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Love at Sea in Poems & Ballads 17 Our seamen are fledged Loves. 1887 Sat. Rev. 12 Nov. 661 Such denials merely serve to mark the fact that thought is already fluttering, though it is not yet full fledged. < adj.1641 as lemmas |
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