| 单词 | lower-middlebrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslower-middlebrow lower-middlebrow adj. and n. freq. derogatory (a) adj. of, belonging to, or characteristic of the lower end of middlebrow thought or culture; (b) n. a lower-middlebrow person. ΚΠ 1936 Amer. Speech 11 306/1 If all the solecisms of American lower-middlebrow dialect are to be accepted as American usage a larger book than the present one will be needed to list them. 1949 Kingsport (Tennessee) News 14 Apr. 15/8 Our society is divided up into four classes..the high-brows, the low-brows, and the upper and lower middle-brows. 1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Mar. 10/3 The contemporary image of Mormons may be one of conservative rectitude, hopelessly middle-class and lower-middle-brow. 2008 Amer. Music 26 318 The lower middlebrow is aligned with popular music that is nonetheless portrayed as superior to that of the lowbrow's jukebox. < as lemmas |
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