fledge英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. transitive
To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. intransitive
To decorate with feathers. transitive
To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect. intransitive

形容词 adj.

Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. archaic,not-comparable

— his shoulders, fledge with wings

词形变化

fledges present,singular,third-person fledging participle,present fledged participle,past fledged past flidge alternative,dialectal,obsolete flig alternative,dialectal,obsolete flish alternative,dialectal,obsolete flitch alternative,dialectal,obsolete flush alternative,dialectal,obsolete flidge alternative,dialectal,obsolete flig alternative,dialectal,obsolete flish alternative,dialectal,obsolete flitch alternative,dialectal,obsolete flush alternative,dialectal,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

fledgeless fledgling full-fledged postfledging unfledged

词源

词源 1

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”)

词源 2

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”)