| 释义 |
new-fledged, ppl. a.
[new adv. 3.]
Newly furnished with feathers. Also fig.
1682Otway Venice Preserved ii. ii, Those Lazy Owls, who..Sit only watchful with their heavy Wings To cuff down new fledg'd Virtues. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 168 As a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies. 1807Wordsw. Ode Intim. Immort. 142 With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam v. Song i, Swift and strong As new-fledged Eagles. 1881Shairp Asp. Poetry xi. 334 The fresh gleam of new-fledged leaves in spring. |
