Apprentice



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 学徒
• ［英］ 学徒 ( person who has agreed to work for a skilled employer for a fixed period in return for being taught his trade)
• ［例］ an apprentice plumber

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to learn, from Latin apprendere, apprehendere
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to learning an art or trade
  • b. one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling
• 2. an inexperienced person ; novice an apprentice in cooking
• • apprenticeship noun

II. verb (-ticed; -ticing)

• Date: 1596
• transitive verb
  • to set at work as an apprentice; especially to bind to an apprenticeship by contract or indenture
• intransitive verb
  • to serve as an apprentice

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