sophomore英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school. Philippines,US

— She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.
A three-year-old horse. US

— The filly had looked promising as a sophomore, but concerns over her health had prompted the owner to pull her from the season’s early races.

形容词 adj.

The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university. US,not-comparable

— The band’s sophomore album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.
Sophomoric. not-comparable

词形变化

sophomores plural

词汇关系

衍生词

frosh presophomore sophomoreitis sophomore slump sophomoric sophomoritis

词源

词源 1

From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom, sophum (“sophism or dialectical exercise”), from Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma). Likely influenced by Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + μωρός (mōrós, “fool”). Compare oxymoron (literally “sharp-dull”), a similar contradiction.

词源 2

From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom, sophum (“sophism or dialectical exercise”), from Ancient Greek σόφισμα (sóphisma). Likely influenced by Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + μωρός (mōrós, “fool”). Compare oxymoron (literally “sharp-dull”), a similar contradiction.