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]