| 单词 | newcomer |
| 释义 | newcomer (once / 834 pages) n When you show up at your first meeting of the local swim club and you're the only one who didn't bring a towel, it may be because you're a newcomer, or someone who's new at participating in a particular group. When you're a newcomer, you're an outsider just joining an activity or group. There are a lot of great words that have the same meaning as newcomer, like neophyte, rookie, and Johnny-come-lately. One popular slang term for newcomer is newbie, which is often shortened on the Internet to noob. WORD FAMILYnewcomer: newcomers USAGE EXAMPLESThen the class breaks into groups: Newcomers in a small cluster, returning fighters in a larger circle, brandishing their weapons. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The newcomers shared their adopted homeland's optimism about the journey ahead. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) A relative newcomer to the telecommunications big leagues, Wave is now focused largely on building fiber infrastructure to businesses and apartment buildings. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a recent arrival he's a newcomer to Boston Hypo|Hyper malahini a newcomer to Hawaii arrival, arriver, comer someone who arrives (or has arrived) 2n any new participant in some activity Syn|Hypo|Hyper entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, starter enlistee, recruit any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro someone new to a field or activity |
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