| 单词 | unfledged |
| 释义 | unfledged (once / 25863 pages) adj Something that is unfledged is young and inexperienced, such as an unfledged short story writer who has great style but whose stories have plots that are impossible to follow. The word unfledged can be used literally to describe a baby bird that doesn’t yet have feathers and can’t fly or leave the nest. It can also describe a person who is inexperienced or not yet completely developed. An actor just learning his craft could be called unfledged. It can also be used to describe ideas that are still developing, such as an unfledged plan — there are goals but all the steps for reaching them aren't in place. WORD FAMILYfledged: unfledged+/fledge: fledged, fledgeless, fledges, fledging USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the track isn’t necessarily unpleasant, it’s largely bland, rendering much of the sound puerile and unfledged. Time(Apr 01, 2014) The poor little watching, unfledged Elsa felt a soreness, an intolerable jealousy. Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie, The Tree of Knowledge—A Novel(2012) It was at Lutzen, a bloody fight, and no bad initiation for an unfledged soldier. Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol...(2011) 1adj young and inexperienced an unfledged lawyer Syn callow, fledgling inexperienced, inexperient lacking practical experience or training 2adj (of birds) not yet having developed feathers a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill Syn|Ant immature unfeathered not having feathers fledged, mature (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination fledgeling, fledgling(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers full-fledged, fully fledged(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly 3adj (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers shot an unfledged arrow Syn fledgeless, unvaned featherless, unfeathered having no feathers |
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