English Dictionary

neophyte

/ˈni.əˌfaɪt/

noun

A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. / A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.

She is a neophyte in the world of photography.

意味（1）

A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it. Vegetarianism was then a new cult in England, and likewise for me, because, as we have seen, I had gone there a convinced meat-eater, and was intellectually converted to vegetarianism later. Full of the neophyte's zeal for vegetarianism, I decided to start a vegetarian club in my locality, Bayswater.

意味（2）

A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.

The neophyte was given a new name in place of the baptismal one, usually of an evil and revolting character, and this was written in blood in the Devil's book, the covers of which were bound in the skin of unbaptised infants.

意味（3）

(Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.

意味（4）

(botany) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).