fledgling

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
  2. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
  3. An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. figuratively
形容词 adj.
  1. Untried or inexperienced. not-comparable
    — His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.
  2. Emergent or rising. not-comparable
    — Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor and Lewes jail.

词形变化

fledgeling alternative fledglings plural fledgeling alternative

词汇关系

相关词
hatchling nestling

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English fledge
Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.
Proto-Germanic *-ilaz
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
?
Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ling
Old English -ling
Middle English -ling
English -ling
English fledgling
From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English fledge
Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.
Proto-Germanic *-ilaz
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
?
Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ling
Old English -ling
Middle English -ling
English -ling
English fledgling
From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.
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