fledge

vt. 喂养, 用羽毛盖上, 装上羽毛 vi. 长羽毛

发音

其它 /flɛd͡ʒ/

词形变化

fledged fledges 三单 fledges fledging fledging 现在分词 fledged 过去式 fledged 过去分词

别名

flidge flig flish flitch flush

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To grow, cover or be covered with feathers.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To decorate with feathers.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

    古体

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

flight feather

上位词 10

get grow raise grace produce parent develop rear acquire decorate

词源

From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”)

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