| 单词 |
fletch |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † fletch, ? a. (or n. attrib.) [cf. flig, etc.]
1704Lond. Gaz., No. 4044/4 A..Mare about 14 hands and half..with..a long fletch Tail..and well in Case. ▪ II. fletch, v.|flɛtʃ| [Perh. a corruption (due to association with fletcher) of fledge v. 4; though the latter has not been found earlier than 1796.] trans. To fit (an arrow) with a feather; to feather. lit. and fig.
1635–56Cowley Davideis ii. 91 Thy Darts are..Soft as the Feathers that they're fletch'd withal. 1760Warburton Doctr. Grace ii. x, He dips his curses in the gall of irony; and..fletches them with a prophane classical Parody. 1845J. Saunders Pict. Eng. Life, Chaucer 89 Arrows..fletched with the feathers of the goose. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. xliii. 25 They fletched their complaint by adding: ‘America loved his brother’. ▪ III. fletch var. of flitch. |

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