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fledge 音標拼音: [fl'ɛdʒ] vt. 喂養,用羽毛蓋上,裝上羽毛
vi. 長羽毛 喂養,用羽毛蓋上,裝上羽毛長羽毛 fledge v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight 2: decorate with feathers; " fledge an arrow" [ synonym: { fledge}, { flight}] 3: grow feathers; " The young sparrows are fledging already" [ synonym: { fledge}, { feather}] Fledge \ Fledge\, a. [ OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. fl[" u] gge, fl[" u] cke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. [ root] 84. See { Fly}, v. i.] Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. [ 1913 Webster] His shoulders, fledge with wings. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Fledge \ Fledge\, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. { Fledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Fledging}.] 1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. [ 1913 Webster] The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. [ 1913 Webster] Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 20 Moby Thesaurus words for " fledge": attain majority, bloom, come of age, come to maturity, develop, feather, flower, grow, grow up, leave the nest, mature, mellow, reach manhood, reach twenty- one, reach voting age, ripen, season, settle down, temper, toga virilis
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