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apprentice

noun
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  1. a young person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn the particular skills needed in their job学徒；徒弟
    • an apprentice electrician/chef电工／厨师学徒
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryApprentice is used before these nouns:
    • chef
    • electrician
    • jockey
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see -ive).

apprentice

verb
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[usually passive] (old-fashioned)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they apprentice
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he / she / it apprentices
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past simple apprenticed
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past participle apprenticed
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-ing form apprenticing
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  1. to make somebody an apprentice使某人当（某人的）学徒
    • be apprenticed (to somebody) (as something) He was apprenticed to his uncle as a carpenter.他以木匠的身份向叔叔求学。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see -ive).