novice

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n. 新手, 初学者

发音

CA /ˈnɒvɪs/
其它
UK /ˈnɒvɪs/
US /ˈnɒvɪs/
US /ˈnɑvɪs/
CA /ˈnɑvɪs/
AU /ˈnɔvɪs/
AU /ˈnɒvɪs/

词形变化

novices 复数 novices more novice 比较级 most novice 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

初学者，新手

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.

    I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.

  2. 2.

    A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

    宗教

    Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

initiate beginner novitiate tiro tyro

上位词 1

unskilled person

下位词 10

rookie freshman apprentice cub starter trainee newcomer learner newbie prentice

词源

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

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