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neophyte n.初学者，新手 neophyte (n.) "new convert," 1550s, from Ecclesiastical Latin neophytus, from Greek neophytos "a new convert," noun use of adjective meaning "newly initiated, newly converted," literally "newly planted," from neos "new" (see new) + phytos "grown; planted," verbal adjective of phyein "cause to grow, beget, plant" (see physic). Church sense is from I Tim. iii:6. Rare before 19c. General sense of "one who is new to any subject" is first recorded 1590s. 【记】近于novice新手 no=neo, v=f=ph,I=y,novice；neo new 新 + phyte (看作plant变体) 植物, green 绿色，无经验的；也可看作neophyte 的变体【相关】novice 新手, 初学者

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['ni(:)əufait] 【英】 n. 初学者，新手(a beginner or a novice)【考】 inexperience : neophyte / irresponsibility : wastrel(没有经验是新手的特 点/不负责任是败家子 的特点)【记】 neo(新)+phyte(植物) →新植物→新手【例】 The experienced workers made the neophytes do the hard work. n. 初学者; 新教徒(刚信仰一种宗教的人)【记】neo = new, phyte植物一新植物一新手【参】neolithic(adj 新石器时代的); neologism(n 新语); neonate(n 出生不满一个月的新婴儿)【类】inexperience: neophyte = irresponsibility: wastrel没有经验是新手的特点 = 不负责任是败家子的特点

单词	neophyte
音标	['ni(:)əufait]
解释	n.初学者，新手
红宝书	【英】 n. 初学者，新手(a beginner or a novice) 【考】 inexperience : neophyte / irresponsibility : wastrel(没有经验是新手的特点/不负责任是败家子的特点) 【记】 neo(新)+phyte(植物) →新植物→新手【例】 The experienced workers made the neophytes do the hard work.
字源	neophyte (n.) "new convert," 1550s, from Ecclesiastical Latin neophytus, from Greek neophytos "a new convert," noun use of adjective meaning "newly initiated, newly converted," literally "newly planted," from neos "new" (see new) + phytos "grown; planted," verbal adjective of phyein "cause to grow, beget, plant" (see physic). Church sense is from I Tim. iii:6. Rare before 19c. General sense of "one who is new to any subject" is first recorded 1590s.
不择手段背单词	n. 初学者; 新教徒(刚信仰一种宗教的人) 【记】neo = new, phyte植物一新植物一新手【参】neolithic(adj 新石器时代的); neologism(n 新语); neonate(n 出生不满一个月的新婴儿) 【类】inexperience: neophyte = irresponsibility: wastrel没有经验是新手的特点 = 不负责任是败家子的特点
趣味全助记	【记】近于novice新手 no=neo, v=f=ph,I=y,novice；neo new 新 + phyte (看作plant变体) 植物, green 绿色，无经验的；也可看作neophyte 的变体【相关】novice 新手, 初学者

Neophyte N Convert Adjective Newly Planted Sense Ni(:)əufait