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a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience 新手；生手 The transition from rookie to fighter pilot starts with selection day. 从新手飞行员到战斗机驾驶员，这转变从选拔之日就开始了。
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a member of a sports team in his or her first full year of playing that sport （第一年参加比赛的）新队员 Derek Jeter was voted American League Rookie of the Year in 1996. 德里克•杰特1996年当选为美国棒球联盟新人王。 a rookie quarterback 新手四分卫
Word Originlate 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of recruit, influenced by rook ‘black bird’.