A student in their first year at a university or college. This is British English — very much so.

A student in their first year at a university or college指大學或學院裡讀第一年的學生。This is British English — very much so這是英式英文——而且非常英式。

In Britain the first week of term is Freshers' Week, full of parties and clubs signing up new members, and the word turns up constantly in student life there. Americans say freshman instead and would find fresher odd.

In Britain the first week of term is Freshers' Week在英國，開學的第一週叫做 Freshers' Week，full of parties and clubs signing up new members滿滿都是派對，還有社團在招收新成員，and the word turns up constantly in student life there這個字在那邊的學生生活裡一直出現。Americans say freshman instead美國人則說 freshman，and would find fresher odd而且會覺得 fresher 這個說法很奇怪。

One useful thing about fresher: it says nothing about whether the student is a man or a woman, which is why some people now prefer it.

One useful thing about fresherfresher 有個好用的地方：it says nothing about whether the student is a man or a woman它完全沒有透露這個學生是男是女，which is why some people now prefer it這也是為什麼有些人現在比較喜歡用它。

Be careful, because this same spelling is also just the comparative of fresh — 'this bread is fresher than that one'. Those are two completely different words that happen to look alike, and only the sentence tells you which one you are meeting. Here we mean the student.

Be careful, because this same spelling is also just the comparative of fresh要小心，因為同樣的拼法也可能只是 fresh 的比較級——'this bread is fresher than that one'像「this bread is fresher than that one（這個麵包比那個新鮮）」。Those are two completely different words that happen to look alike這是兩個剛好長得一樣的完全不同的字，and only the sentence tells you which one you are meeting只有看整句話才知道你遇到的是哪一個。Here we mean the student這裡我們講的是學生的意思。