ap·pren·tice /əˈprɛntəs/
 學徒,徒弟,見習生(v.)當學徒,使做學徒


 Ap·pren·tice n.
 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
 2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
 3. Old law A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]


 Ap·pren·tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

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 apprentice
      adj : in training; "an apprentice carpenter" [syn: apprentice(a)]
      n : works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: learner, prentice]
      v : be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great
          master"