a young bird that has just learnt to fly （刚会飞的）幼鸟 (usually before another noun 通常置于另一名词前 a person, an organization or a system that is new and without experience 初出茅庐的人；无经验的组织；新体系 fledgling democracies 新兴的民主国家
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from the obsolete adjective fledge ‘ready to fly’, from Old English, of Germanic origin; on the pattern of nestling.