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tenderfoot

/ten-der-foot/US // ˈtɛn dərˌfʊt //UK // (ˈtɛndəˌfʊt) //

嫩脚,温柔的脚,娇嫩的脚,嫩足

Related Words

amateur业余者,业余爱好者,业余的,业余人士beginner初学者,初学,初学时,初学阶段novitiate见习期,见习生,见习生培训,见习生协会colt小马,小马驹,驹子,小马哥novice新手,初学者,新手上路,新丁neophyte新手,新人,初学者,新丁rookie新秀,新手,菜鸟,新丁tyro大亨,富豪,轮胎,胎儿greenhorn绿野仙踪,绿皮人,绿野人,绿巨人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ten·der·foots, ten·der·feet [ten-der-feet]. /ˈtɛn dərˌfit/.

    • : a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
    • : a newcomer to the ranching and mining regions of the western U.S., unused to hardships.
    • : one in the lowest rank of the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of America.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnewcomer
Synonyms
amateur业余者,业余爱好者,业余的,业余人士beginner初学者,初学,初学时,初学阶段colt小马,小马驹,驹子,小马哥greenhorn绿野仙踪,绿皮人,绿野人,绿巨人neophyte新手,新人,初学者,新丁novice新手,初学者,新手上路,新丁novitiate见习期,见习生,见习生培训,见习生协会rookie新秀,新手,菜鸟,新丁tyro大亨,富豪,轮胎,胎儿johnny-come-lately迟来的约翰尼,姗姗来迟的约翰尼,迟到的约翰尼,姗姗来迟new kid on the block新来的孩子,新生儿,新的孩子,新来的小孩

Examples

  • Grant that Boehner is a foreign-policy tenderfoot after two decades of kissing the hem of the domestic Abramoffs.

  • "Guess I ambles forth and sees what fer a tenderfoot it is," replied Billy, hastening from behind the bar.

  • Once a tenderfoot came through in the fall of the year, simply for the love of adventure.

  • The tenderfoot carried two short-barrelled Colt's revolvers, one of which he presented directly at Black Hank.

  • Three hours later Billy and the sobered tenderfoot pulled into Deadwood.

  • He made the three hours of Billy and the tenderfoot in a little over an hour, because it was mostly down hill.

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