flightling

词形变化

flightlings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who flees or takes flight; an escapee, fugitive, or refugee.

  2. 1.

    A young or little flyer (person or creature that flies).

词源

From flight (“fleeing”) + -ling. Cognate with West Frisian flechtling (“refugee”), Dutch vluchteling (“refugee”), German Low German Flüchtling (“refugee”), German Flüchtling (“refugee”). Compare also Danish flygtning (“refugee”), Swedish flykting (“refugee”), Norwegian flyktning (“refugee”).

来源:wiktionary