单词 | neophyte |
释义 | neophyte/ˈniːə(ʊ)fʌɪt![]() noun 1A person who is new to a subject or activity: four-day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts [as modifier]: a cast of neophyte actors...
Synonyms beginner, learner, novice, newcomer, new member, new entrant, new recruit, raw recruit, new boy/girl, initiate, tyro, fledgling; trainee, apprentice, probationer informal rookie, new kid, newbie, newie North American informal tenderfoot, greenhorn, punk 2A new convert to a religion.The ‘little ones’ are believers, neophytes in the faith. 2.1A novice in a religious order, or a newly ordained priest.Back in 1962, Hunthausen went off a neophyte to Rome having barely had time to read the voluminous documents written in Latin for the bishops' deliberations....
Synonyms novice, novitiate; postulant, proselyte, catechumen OriginLate Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek neophutos, literally 'newly planted' but first used in the sense 'new convert' by St Paul (1 Tim. 3:6), from neos 'new' + phuton 'plant'. |
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