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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsɒf.ə.mɔː/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/, /ˈsɔf.mɔɹ/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈsɒf(ə)mɔɹ/

形容詞

sophomore (not comparable)

1. (US) 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.

   Coordinate term: debut

   The band’s sophomore album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.

   • 2016 August 21, Joe Coscarelli, “Frank Ocean Finally Delivers His Album, and a Pop-Up Surprise”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     “Blonde,” which is spelled “Blond” on the album cover and “Blonde” on Apple and elsewhere, hews more closely to what was expected from a sophomore release by one of the most lauded and enigmatic young singers in pop music.

   • 2020 June 30, Spencer Wright, “My fraternity taught me the secret to surviving a pandemic”, in CNN‎:

     I pledged for DKA my sophomore year and went through a rigorous process of weekly meetings and projects, each designed to build fraternal bonds and to teach values such as honesty, reliability and generosity.

   • 2021 March 5, Jason Bailey, “Watch These 13 Titles on Netflix Before They Leave This Month”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 6 March 2021:

     Spike Lee’s sophomore film, after his micro-budgeted and critically acclaimed debut, “She’s Gotta Have It,” was this big, bold ensemble musical set on the campus of a Historically Black College over a busy homecoming weekend.

2. Sophomoric.

名詞

sophomore (plural sophomores)

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

   She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.

2. (US, horse-racing) A three-year-old horse.

   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.

派生語

• sophomoric
• sophomore slump

関連する語

• moron
• morosoph
• oxymoron
• sophy, -sophy

Further reading

• sophomore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• homospore, osmophore