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单词 fledge
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fledge in British English

(flɛdʒ)
verb
1. (transitive)
to feed and care for (a young bird) until it is able to fly
2.  Also called: fletch (transitive)
to fit (something, esp an arrow) with a feather or feathers
3. (intransitive)
(of a young bird) to grow feathers
4. (transitive)
to cover or adorn with or as if with feathers
Word origin
Old English -flycge, as in unflycge unfledged; related to Old High German flucki able to fly; see fly1

fledge in American English

(flɛdʒ)
verb intransitiveWord forms: fledged or ˈfledging
1. 
to grow the feathers necessary for flying
verb transitive
2. 
to rear (a young bird) until it is able to fly
3. 
to supply or adorn with or as if with feathers or down; specif., to fit (an arrow, etc.) withfeathers
Word origin
< ME flegge, ready to fly < OE (un)flycge, (un)fledged, akin to MHG vlücke, MDu vlugghe: for IE base see fly1

Examples of 'fledge' in a sentence
fledge

She's got an entire fully fledged world in her head.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You'll probably be able to justify paying the extra for more oomph if you are a fully fledged petrolhead who counts cars to get to sleep.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
After the government found a way of getting round the vote, he turned the think tank into a fully fledged political party of the same name.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It feels like a scale model, the work of an ingenious adolescent, rather than a fully fledged artist.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Maybe he has now shed his old skin and completed the transformation into fully fledged luvvie.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Many people treat them as a fully fledged member of the family.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
After that the vehicle was not used again and four young birds were successfully fledged.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If you have the room, a fully fledged eucalyptus makes a wonderful feature tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The young have recently fledged, but still depend on their parents for food.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The pair nearby have raised and fledged two young, which is very satisfactory.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He staged student shows and became a fully fledged member of the university's film society.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Fringe is dotted with newly fledged music students keen for an audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And now here he is again, a fully fledged monarch and very much the sober leader of men.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
School and college leavers do not magically turn into fully fledged adults the minute they step out of the classroom and into the lecture hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then, at the end of summer when the young ones are fledged, they leave.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some robins began nesting as early as mid-March, and now have newly fledged young.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
People arrive, rough around the edges and haemorrhaging ideas, and emerge as fully fledged creative powerhouses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That is apparent, on the ground at least, from the number of young harriers fledged this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Like many young birds, especially large ones, they tend to drift away once they are fully fledged.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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