新手

Question 1

fledgling

Answer 1

fledgling [ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ]
(n) 新手
(MW) an immatureor inexperienced person
[源] 原指 “剛長羽毛” (羽翼未豐) 的幼鳥，引申為 “無經驗的” 新手。
[衍] fledge(v) of a young bird: to acquirethe feathers necessary for flight or independent activity also:to leave the nest after acquiring such feathers “(幼鳥) 長羽毛”。此字常在其他名詞前，功能相當於 “形容詞”：fledgling(n) one that is new <a fledgling company >
[例] Patiently, he explainedthat he now ran hisown fledgling advertisingagency.
[解] 字尾-ling 表示 “小”的意思，如小鴨：duckling、小王子：princeling。

Question 2

novice

Answer 2

novice [ˈnɑvɪs]
(n) 新手
(MW1) a personwho has just startedlearning or doing something
(MW2) BEGINNER, TYRO
[源] nov- (new) + -ice(名尾) ，原指見習的修士、修女，引申為 “新手”。
[例] a book forthenovice chess player

Question 3

neophyte

Answer 3

neophyte [ˈniəˌfaɪt]
(n) 新手
(MW1) a person who has just started learning or doing something
(MW2) TYRO,BEGINNER
[源] neo- (new) + phyte(grow) ，原意是 “新入教的人”，引申為新手。
[例] Neophytes are assignedan experienced church member to guide them through their first year.

Question 4

tyro

Answer 4

tyro [ˈtaɪro]
(n) 新手
(MW1) a person who has just started learning or doing something
(MW2) a beginnerin learning: NOVICE
[源] 原指 young soldier，引申為 “新手”。
[例] Most of thepeople in the classwere tyros like me.
[解] 注意相似字 typo (n) an error (asof spelling) in typedor typeset material，typo 為typographical error 的縮寫。Ÿ

Question 5

green

Answer 5

green [grin]
(a) 缺乏經驗的 (菜鳥的)
(MW) deficient in training, knowledge, or experience <green recruits (新兵) >
[例] a new pitcher who’s pretty green, even by rookie (新手) standards
[記] 菜鳥經驗不足，被嚇到臉都 “綠” (green) 了。