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apprentice
  • Conjugation : past  apprenticed ; ing  apprenticing
  • Derivatives : n  apprenticeship
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

apprentice [ə'prεntɪs]
  1. 1. noun [c] 学徒
  2. 2. vt. to be apprenticed to sb某人当学徒
    an apprentice plumber/carpenter {etc}
    管子工/木匠{等}学徒

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

apprentice [əˈprentɪs]
  1. 1. n.[c] 学徒徒弟
  2. 2. n.[c] 初学者新手
  3. 3. vi. 当学徒
    He has apprenticed to become a world renown gambler.
    他通过当学徒成为一个世界知名赌徒
    She apprenticed with the great master.
    跟着一名大师当学徒
  4. 4. vt. 让……去当学徒

Collins English-English Dictionary

apprentice [ə'prεntɪs]
  1. 1. n someone who works for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession, esp for a recognized period
  2. 2. n any beginner or novice
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to take, place, or bind as an apprentice
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre to learn, from Latin apprehendere to apprehend

Examples

an apprentice plumber/carpenter {etc}
管子工/木匠{等}学徒
At the time, I was an apprentice electrician in a factory.
那时,我还是一家工厂的电工学徒。
He learned his trade as an apprentice.
他通过当学徒熟悉了他的工作。
她学徒还不满一年。
It isn't a year yet since she became an apprentice.
给王师傅当徒弟,他真是求之不得。
He was only too glad to be an apprentice to Master Worker Wang.
认师傅
apprentice oneself to sb.
这徒弟手勤脚快。
This apprentice is keen and quick in his work.
徒工把旧机器拆了又安,安了又拆,折腾了好多回。
The young apprentice again and again took the old machine apart and then put it together.

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