- a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages学徒, 徒弟：
as modifier an apprentice electrician.一个电工学徒。
with obj.(常作 be apprenticed)
1- employ (someone) as an apprentice收…为学徒：
Edward was apprenticed to a printer.
爱德华被一位印刷工收为学徒。
1.1
- no obj. N. Amer. serve as an apprentice〈古〉当学徒：
she apprenticed with midwives in San Francisco.
她在旧金山当见习助产士。
派生词
apprenticeship
noun词源
Middle 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）.