| 单词 | fullfledged |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull-fledged fledged adj. literal and figurative sometimes in combinations as full-fledged, half-fledged, new-fledged. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured digesta1398 ripea1398 fledge1398 concoct1534 seasoned1545 well-seasoned1545 ripened1561 seeded1567 fledged1579 thorough-seasoned1605 matured1626 well-matured1626 advanced1646 concocted1647 digested1657 well-digested1657 predigested1663 maturated1698 drop-ripe1724 well-developed1769 mellowed1798 fully-fledged1906 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. You may perceiue he was..full fledged. ?a1625 Lawes of Candy i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg3/2 That yong-man, who was not fledg'd nor skil'd In Martiall play. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 98 This may pull down..your flidged plumes. 1775 G. White in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 268 I..found they had made very little progress towards a fledged state. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Love at Sea in Poems & Ballads 17 Our seamen are fledged Loves. 1887 Sat. Rev. 12 Nov. 661 Such denials merely serve to mark the fact that thought is already fluttering, though it is not yet full fledged. full-fledged full-fledged adj. having a full growth of feathers; (more usually) figurative fully developed or qualified; having the fullest set of credentials or qualifying characteristics (cf. fully-fledged adj. at fully adv. Compounds 2).In quot. 1579 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged fledge1398 full-feathered1533 flush1561 full-fledged1579 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > that is completely what is specified perfectc1387 just?1537 full-fledged1579 thorough1719 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶.iij So flew Theocritus, as you may perceiue he was all ready full fledged. So flew Virgile, as not yet well feeling his winges. 1641 E. R. in T. Shelton Tachygraphy sig. A3 Still may that full-fledg'd pen with moisture spring. 1769 St. James's Chron. 28 Nov. There is now at Coxwold..a Rook's Nest with full-fledged young ones therein. 1772 S. Paterson Joineriana II. 105 ‘Where then shall we look for them [sc. orators]?’ In the world—in ripe and full-fledged manhood. 1811 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 431 Though still in the vigour of life, he has been a full-fledged and industrious author for nearly twenty years. 1874 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 758/1 Mr. Dudley Buck comes before us again with a full-fledged cantata for solos, chorus, and orchestra, following close upon the heels of the performance of his Forty-Sixth Psalm. 1908 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 3/3 When she came back from her first journey still hale and happy, she was accepted as a full-fledged Nigerian. 1964 Times of India 13 Sept. 8/5 The full-fledged chick jerked out of the old nest and..revealed itself to be anything but a respectable crow. 1976 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 133 38/1 At times..he experiences some stomach discomfort, weakness, and sweating, but he has never had a full-fledged withdrawal syndrome. 2002 New Yorker 25 Nov. 102/2 He..became, at the age of seventeen, a full-fledged crime reporter on the New York Evening Graphic. < as lemmas |
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