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单词 fledge
释义

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fledge  (flej),USA pronunciation v., fledged, fledg•ing, adj. 
v.t. 
  1. Birdsto bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
  2. Birdsto furnish with or as if with feathers or plumage.
  3. to provide (an arrow) with feathers.

v.i. 
  1. Birds(of a young bird) to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.

adj. 
  1. [Archaic.](of young birds) able to fly.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English flegge (fully-)fledged, Old English *flecge, as variant of -flycge; cognate with Old High German flucki, Middle Low German vlügge (German flügge); akin to fly1
fledge′less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fledge /flɛdʒ/ vb
  1. (transitive) to feed and care for (a young bird) until it is able to fly

  2. Also called: fletch (transitive) to fit (something, esp an arrow) with a feather or feathers
  3. (transitive) to cover or adorn with or as if with feathers
Etymology: Old English -flycge, as in unflycge unfledged; related to Old High German flucki able to fly; see fly1
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