fledging n. 羽毛初长的雏鸟,刚会飞的幼鸟,无经验的人
Fledge \Fledge\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fledged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Fledging}.]
1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers
necessary for flight.
The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift
for themselves. --L'Estrange.
2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. --Shak.
- Belyaeva says her country's fledging grassroots organizations must acquire Western technical expertise in philanthropy _ how to raise funds, how to organize, how to network _ not necessarily Western grants.
- Drach also is the leader of the fledging Ukrainian Popular Movement, patterned after the unofficial political organizations that have drawn more than 100,000 members in the Baltic republics.