| 单词 | novice |
| 释义 | novice —novicehood, n. —novicelike, adj. /nov"is/, n. 1. a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics. 2. a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows. 3. a person newly become a church member. 4. a recent convert to Christianity. [1300-50; ME novyce < MF novice < ML novitius convent novice, var. of L novicius newly come into a particular status, deriv. of novus NEW. See -ITIOUS] Syn. 1. newcomer. 1, 2. neophyte. |
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