a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief 初学者,新手,生手 ■a new convert to a religion 新皈依的教徒 ■a novice in a religious order, or a newly ordained priest 新入教者;新受洗者;新受圣职的神父
语源
late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek neophutos, literally 'newly planted' but first used in the sense 'new convert' by St Paul (1 Tim. 3:6), from neos 'new' + phuton 'plant'