probie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to performance or examination. slang
    — He's no closer to carrying out the suggestion of the 3rd Step than the day the Probie drove him over to his halfway house from Peabody Holding.
  2. A neophyte firefighter. slang
    — A probie never complains. A probie keeps his mouth shut, his eyes open. A probie is never idle. A probie is always learning or drilling or cleaning. That's why you're still called a probie: for one year after you leave training school.

词形变化

probies plural proby alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English probation
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English probationary
English -ie
English probie
From probationary + -ie.
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