novice, novitiate, cub, subadult, rook, rookery, rookie, an old hand

Hope Hicks to Resign Communications Post

By MAGGIE HABERMAN 5:13 PM ET

Ms. Hicks, a political novice known as one of the few aides who could challenge President Trump to change his views, said she had been considering leaving for months.

Swedish Zoo Boras Djurpark Admits Killing Nine Lion Cubs | PEOPLE ...

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1 日前 - A Swedish zoo has come under fire for its controversial, and seemingly cruel, practice of killing healthy young lions. PEOPLE contacted Borås Djurpark, near Gothenburg, which openly admits and explains its euthanasia, or “culling,” practice. “In Boras Zoo, we have euthanized 9 young surplus lions since 2013, for population management reasons. These lions were not cubs, but subadults around 1.5 -2 years old which had to leave their family unit because of group ...

He deserves to get rooked.
 這種訂下規則將業務發給最低標一方的人，受到詐騙也是活該。
The last seven years have been the most important of my life: they have been the novitiate of my intelligence, the initiation of my being into being.

Gallerists to the People
By WILLIAM GRIMES

Artsicle is an online business that rents inexpensive art cheaply, aimed at novice collectors with small budgets, limited art knowledge and no appetite for intimidating galleries.



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All a Cub Reporter Needs Is a Scoop and an iPhone
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Fwix, a local news site, will release an iPhone application to let users file news updates, photos and videos from the field. 

cub

1

(クマ・ライオン・キツネなど肉食動物の)子，幼獣 (⇒fox 【解説】).

2

a

不作法な子供.

b

見習い，新米.

3

a

＝cub scout.

b

[the cubs] ボーイスカウト団の年少隊.

join the cubs カブスカウト団に入る.

cub reporter noun [C]
a young person being trained to write articles for a newspaper

novitiate

Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈvɪʃɪət, -ɪeɪt/

(also noviciate)

Definition of novitiate

noun

• the period or state of being a novice, especially in a religious order.
• a novice, especially in a religious order.
• a place housing religious novices.
  

  [名]

  1 修練（期）, 修練者（の身分）.

  2 習い始め, 見習期間.

  3 修練院［所］.

Origin:

early 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin noviciatus, from Latin novicius 'new' (see novice) 


novice

音節

nov • ice

発音

nɑ'vis | nɔ'v-

noviceの変化形

novices (複数形)

[名]

1 （…の）未熟者, 初心［初学］者；新参者((at ...)).

2 見習い修練士［女］；修練者；新信者, 新帰依者, 新改宗者.

nov・ice・hòod

[名]
cubn.

1. The young of certain carnivorous animals, such as the bear, wolf, or lion.
2. A youth, especially one who is inexperienced, awkward, or ill-mannered.
3. A novice or learner, particularly in newspaper reporting.
4. Cub A Cub Scout.

[Origin unknown.]

rook·ie (rʊk'ē)
n.

1. Slang.
   1. An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.
   2. An inexperienced person; a novice.
2. Sports. A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.

[Perhaps alteration of RECRUIT.]

rook·er·y (rʊk'ə-rē)

n., pl., -ies.

1. 1. A place where rooks nest or breed.
   2. A colony of rooks.
2. The breeding ground of certain other birds or animals, such as penguins and seals.
3. Informal. A crowded and dilapidated tenement.

rook
n.

1. An Old World bird (Corvus frugilegus) that resembles the North American crow and nests in colonies near the tops of trees.
2. A swindler or cheat, especially at games.

tr.v., rooked, rook·ing, rooks.
To swindle; cheat: Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.

[Middle English rok, from Old English hrōc.]

專 輯Rook	Also called a rook.	rook	Rook - photo by

rook² (rʊk)
n. (Abbr. R)
A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file. Also called castle.

[Middle English rok, from Old French roc, from Arabic ruḫḫ, from Persian.]

1.
n. - 白嘴鴉, 騙子
v. tr. - 欺騙