novice

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈnɒvɪs/    /ˈnɑvɪs/|/ˈnɔvɪs/|/ˈnɒvɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
    — 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 […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

词形变化

novices plural more novice comparative most novice superlative

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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