greenhorn

• n. 生手；不懂世故的人；易受騙的人

綠角，幼獸，比喻新手。

greenhorn (n.)

mid-15c., "horn of an animal recently killed," also "young horned animal," from green (adj.) in sense of "new, fresh, recent" + horn (n.). Applied to new soldiers from c. 1650; extended to any inexperienced person by 1680s.

1. About 100 years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west.

在100多年前的美國(guó)西部, greenhorn是個(gè)非常流行的表達(dá).

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2. He is a greenhorn in this field.

他在這個(gè)領(lǐng)域還是個(gè)新手。

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3. Ha ! Ha ! You're a proper greenhorn, aren't you!

哈哈, 你真是少見(jiàn)多怪!

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4. That greenhorn is still wet behind the ears.

那個(gè)生手毫無(wú)經(jīng)驗(yàn).

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5. There's nothing funnier than watching a greenhorn in action.

沒(méi)有什么比看一位新手的表演更滑稽了.

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