nov·ice /ˈnɑvəs/
 新手,初學者


 novice
 初學者; 無經驗者


 Nov·ice n.
 1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
    I am young; a novice in the trade.   --Dryden.
 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
 3. Eccl. One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
    No poore cloisterer, nor no novys.   --Chaucer.


 Nov·ice, a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

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 novice
      n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
           final vows [syn: novitiate]
      2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: beginner, tyro,
          tiro, initiate]