单词 | beginner |
释义 | beginnern. 1. One who begins; an originator, founder. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates sower1380 originalc1390 beginnerc1400 authrix?a1475 mother1560 grandmother1569 seedster1589 father-in-law1650 originator1818 originatress1840 incubator1864 originant1892 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 436 Blessed bygynner of vch a grace. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxxxvii. 117 Of the whiche abbay he was begynner and foundour. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. ii. sig. I.iii The moste gloryous and mighty beginner is god, whiche in the begynnyng created the worlde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 141 Where be the vile beginners of this fray? View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 19 All the beginners of dynasties. View more context for this quotation 1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 199 The South, which was the beginner of the war. 2. spec. a. One beginning to learn; a novice, a tyro. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1634) ii. xlv. 367 But young beginners. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGGiiiiv Such that be vnlerned in religion..as nouices or yong begynners. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlviii. 228 New beginners (namely, young souldiours, barristers, and fresh brides). 1780 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. vii. (R.) The very enumeration of its kinds is enough to frighten a beginner. 1807 Ld. Byron Granta xx A band of raw beginners. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 134 For the use of the young beginner. b. beginner's luck: the good luck supposed to attend a novice at betting, games, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > supposed to attend a novice beginner's luck1896 1896 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii, in McClure's Mag. Dec. 167/2 ‘Beginner's luck,’ said Dan...‘He's all of a hundred [sc. pounds, in weight].’ 1902 A. Bennett Anna of Five Towns x. 227 ‘You have covered yourself with glory.’..‘How?’ ‘By not being ill.’ ‘That's always the beginner's luck.’ 1966 J. Potts Footsteps on Stairs ix. 115 Beginner's luck. It went smooth as silk all the way. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first forerunnerOE before-runnera1382 foregoer1382 foremanc1425 fore-rider1488 precursora1500 forewalker1529 precedent1599 precurrer1601 beginnerc1613 frontliner1895 c1613 S. Rowlands More Knaues Yet? 35 Being set to dinner, A legge of mutton was the first beginner. Next he deuoured vp a loyne of veale. 4. Architecture. The lower part of a mullion worked on the stone forming the sill. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > glazing or dividing bar > part of core1663 storey1811 beginner1886 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 514 The mullions of the four-light window..do not correspond with the ‘beginners’ on the sill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1400 |
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