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单词 new-fledged
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new-fledgedadj.

Brit. /ˌnjuːˈflɛdʒd/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˈflɛdʒd/
Forms: see new adv. and fledge v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adv., fledged adj. at fledge v. Derivatives
Etymology: < new adv. + fledged adj. at fledge v. Derivatives.
Newly fledged; fledgling. Frequently in extended use.
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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).

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new-fledged
fledged adj. literal and figurative sometimes in combinations as full-fledged, half-fledged, new-fledged.
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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.
extracted from fledgev.
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adj.1641
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