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a fledgling
名词，指羽毛初长成、刚开始学飞的鸟。
A fledgling perched on the branch, testing its wings.
一只幼鸟停在树枝上，试着扇动翅膀。
雏鸟；刚会飞的幼鸟
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雏鸟；刚会飞的幼鸟
a young bird that has just become able to fly
A fledgling perched on the branch, testing its wings.
一只幼鸟停在树枝上，试着扇动翅膀。
刚长出飞行羽毛(尤指翅膀)的幼鸟。
A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
刚完成最后一次蜕皮变为成虫的昆虫。
An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
不成熟、天真或缺乏经验的人；新手。
An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
The fledgling flapped its wings and tried to fly for the first time.
这只雏鸟拍打着翅膀，试着第一次飞起来。
A fledgling was sitting on the fence while its parents brought it food.
一只幼鸟停在篱笆上，它的父母给它带来食物。
In spring, the garden is full of fledglings learning to find food on their own.
春天，花园里满是学着独自觅食的雏鸟。
名词，指羽毛初长成、刚开始学飞的鸟。
A fledgling perched on the branch, testing its wings.
一只幼鸟停在树枝上，试着扇动翅膀。
形容词，表示‘新成立的；缺乏经验的’，常修饰公司、产业、作家等。
The fledgling company opened its first office.
这家新创公司开设了第一间办公室。
Not this
The chicks are fledgling in the spring.
Use this
The chicks are fledging in the spring.
fledgling 是名词/形容词（雏鸟、无经验的），不是动词；表示幼鸟开始长羽学会飞行的动词是 fledge，其现在分词是 fledging。
Not this
The nest has three fledgling.
Use this
The nest has three fledglings.
fledgling 用作名词表“雏鸟”时是可数名词，复数形式为 fledglings，需加 -s。
Not this
She is fledgling journalist.
Use this
She is a fledgling journalist.
fledgling 作形容词修饰单数可数名词时，前面需要不定冠词 a，不能省略。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
初创公司
The fledgling company has only five employees.
这家初创公司只有五名员工。
新兴行业
Electric vehicles were once a fledgling industry.
电动汽车曾是一个新兴行业。
新兴民主政体
The country's fledgling democracy faces many challenges.
这个国家的新兴民主政体面临许多挑战。
初出茅庐的作家
As a fledgling writer, she sent stories to every magazine.
作为初出茅庐的作家，她把故事寄给每一家杂志。
喂养雏鸟
The mother bird feeds its fledglings.
母鸟喂养自己的雏鸟。
新兴民主政体；初生的民主制度
The country's fledgling democracy was tested by the crisis.
这个国家新兴的民主政体在危机中经受了考验。
初创公司；刚起步的企业
She invested in a fledgling company that later became a tech giant.
她投资了一家初创公司，这家公司后来成了科技巨头。
初出茅庐的作家；文坛新人
As a fledgling writer, he submitted stories to every magazine he could find.
作为一名初出茅庐的作家，他向能找得到的每家杂志投稿。
Use fledgling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一只刚长齐飞羽（fledge）离巢学飞的小鸟，翅膀嫩、经验少，就是fledgling；引申为新手。
语域：mixed 常见场景：自然/动物、新闻/商业/政治 该词有两种常见用法：指刚会飞的幼鸟时，多出现在自然或文学性描写中；形容新成立、缺乏经验的人或机构时，比较常见于新闻报道和商业评论。由于这两种用法的语境不同，整体语气从中性到正式，日常口语中用得较少。
以 /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/ 为基准，没有常见的完全押韵词（押韵部分为 /ɛdʒlɪŋ/）。fledge 与 fledgling 的前半部分 fledge 同音，但不是整词押韵。duckling、gosling、hatchling 都以后缀 -ling 结尾，读 /lɪŋ/，但重读音节不同，不算押韵；edging /ˈɛdʒɪŋ/ 和 pledging /ˈplɛdʒɪŋ/ 拼写看似相近，但缺少 /l/ 音，发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.