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。
verb
[with obj.](常作 be apprenticed to)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。 ■[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 apprenticeship noun 语源
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)