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单词 unfledged
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Definition of unfledged in English:

unfledged

adjectiveʌnˈflɛdʒdˌənˈflɛdʒd
  • 1(of a bird) not yet fledged.

    (鸟)羽毛未丰的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His observations revealed that Foula's sheep target unfledged Arctic terns.
    • After the young had fledged, we sieved the nests contents to look for unfledged young.
    • I first detected an unfledged Sandhill Crane chick, with two adults, on 5 July 2000.
    • And now they both broke down and sobbed aloud without a pause, like birds bereaved, like the sea eagle or taloned vulture, when villages have robbed the nests of their unfledged young.
    1. 1.1 (of a person) inexperienced; youthful.
      〈喻〉(人)无经验的;年轻的
      she was unfledged, and, her mother saw, physically unawakened
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In my own discipline, chemistry, I see lecture classes of several hundreds, followed by smaller laboratory sections taught by unfledged graduate assistants.
      • Paul will be responsible for all in-house comedy and entertainment programmes on BBC national radio, from established favourites such as Just A Minute to developing the talents of unfledged performers and writers.
      • The satire of Circumstance is another of Hardy's wry puttings-down of Authority, with unfledged children as the instruments of execution.
      Synonyms
      inexpert, unpractised, lacking experience, untrained, untutored, unschooled, unqualified, unskilled, amateur, uninitiated

Rhymes

gilt-edged, unhedged

Definition of unfledged in US English:

unfledged

adjectiveˌənˈflejdˌənˈflɛdʒd
  • 1(of a bird) not yet fledged.

    (鸟)羽毛未丰的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His observations revealed that Foula's sheep target unfledged Arctic terns.
    • After the young had fledged, we sieved the nests contents to look for unfledged young.
    • I first detected an unfledged Sandhill Crane chick, with two adults, on 5 July 2000.
    • And now they both broke down and sobbed aloud without a pause, like birds bereaved, like the sea eagle or taloned vulture, when villages have robbed the nests of their unfledged young.
    1. 1.1 (of a person) inexperienced; youthful.
      〈喻〉(人)无经验的;年轻的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In my own discipline, chemistry, I see lecture classes of several hundreds, followed by smaller laboratory sections taught by unfledged graduate assistants.
      • Paul will be responsible for all in-house comedy and entertainment programmes on BBC national radio, from established favourites such as Just A Minute to developing the talents of unfledged performers and writers.
      • The satire of Circumstance is another of Hardy's wry puttings-down of Authority, with unfledged children as the instruments of execution.
      Synonyms
      inexpert, unpractised, lacking experience, untrained, untutored, unschooled, unqualified, unskilled, amateur, uninitiated
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