Word
newbie
新手;生手
a person who is new to an activity
- 1.
any new participant in some activity
活动新手
活动新手;嫩主
In use
As a newbie at the gym, I asked the trainer to show me how to use the machines.
This online course is perfect for a newbie who has never written code before.
Don't worry if you make mistakes; every newbie does.
be a newbie at/in sth
at 或 in 后接活动或技能领域,语气较 a beginner 随意。
I'm still a newbie at programming.
我在编程方面还是新手。
be a newbie to sth
to 后接不熟悉的领域或群体,强调“对……还不熟悉”。
She is a newbie to the teaching profession.
她是教学行业的新手。
newbie + noun
newbie 可直接作定语修饰名词,常见搭配如 newbie mistake、newbie guide。
Don't worry; we all make newbie mistakes.
别担心;我们都会犯新手常犯的错误。
Common mistakes
I am newbie in this game.I am a newbie in this game.
newbie 是可数名词,作表语时前面必须加冠词 a/an,写成 a newbie 才符合英语语法。
I am a newbie of programming.I am a newbie at programming.
表示在某方面是新手,英文搭配是 be a newbie at/in + 活动,不能用 of;of programming 是受中文“的”影响直译出来的,不符合英语习惯。
Connections
Collocations
- newbie mistake
- 新手的错误
- Making a few newbie mistakes is normal when you first start coding.刚开始编程时犯一些新手的错误是很正常的。
- newbie guide
- 新手指南
- Check the newbie guide before you ask questions in the forum.在论坛提问之前,先看看新手指南。
- newbie player
- 新手玩家
- This server welcomes newbie players with extra bonuses.这个服务器给新手玩家额外的奖励。
- newbie question
- 新手问题
- Don't laugh at his newbie question; everyone was new once.不要嘲笑他的新手问题,每个人都曾是新手的。
- newbie programmer
- 新手程序员
- As a newbie programmer, I spend a lot of time debugging.作为一名新手程序员,我花了很多时间调试。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 newbie 拆成 new + bee:新来的蜜蜂不熟练,就是新手。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:网络论坛与聊天、游戏社区、职场或兴趣小组 newbie 比较口语化,通常用于网络论坛、游戏或刚接触某活动的新手;正式写作中较少使用,可换成 beginner 或 novice。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 newbie 真正押韵的词有 booby 和 ruby(都以 /uːbi/ 结尾,newbie 中的 /j/ 属于声母,不影响韵脚)。注意拼写相似的 zombie、Barbie、maybe 发音不同:它们分别读 /ˈzɒmbi/、/ˈbɑːrbi/、/ˈmeɪbi/。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.