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单词 long-haired
释义

longhair

noun

long·​hair ˈlȯŋ-ˌher How to pronounce longhair (audio)
1
: an impractical intellectual
2
: a person of artistic gifts or interests
especially : a lover of classical music
3
: a person with long hair
especially : hippie
4
or less commonly long-hair or longhaired cat : a domestic cat having long outer fur
long-haired
ˈlȯŋ-ˈherd How to pronounce longhair (audio)
adjective
or longhaired

Synonyms

  • double-dome
  • geek
  • highbrow
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • nerd
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Example Sentences

Longhairs crowded into the music festival. long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college
Recent Examples on the Web The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry — a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists. Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022 That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021 Choco Taco is an absolutely gorgeous 8-year-old longhair chocolate point Siamese kitty who found herself in a sad predicament after being abandoned at the Arizona Humane Society, along with two other cats. Arizona Republic Contributors, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2021 The longhair man crossed an empty street and, in a swift yet calm manner, set the corner of a wooden outdoor dining shed ablaze. Washington Post, 30 July 2021 Adorable Millie is a 5-year-old domestic longhair tabby who was brought to the Arizona Humane Society a little over a month ago when a Good Samaritan found her as a sick stray and brought her to the shelter. The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021 Freed from bureaucratic oversight, the libertarian longhairs of Menlo Park could pursue their utopian dreams to change the world. The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019 The first Star Wars is a youth movie — longhairs vs. baldies, parental figures obliviated. Darren Franich, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2019 Amid the longhairs still buzzing over the hippie thing, Ocasek’s half-spoken, coyly ambivalent delivery stood out, and suggested his avowed inspiration, Lou Reed, as channeled through a rockabilly crooner. Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

long-haired

adjective

variants or longhair
as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking one of those long-haired idealists who founded short-lived utopias in rural America

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • intellectual
  • nerdy
  • cultured
  • geeky
  • nerdish
  • blue
  • cerebral
  • cultivated
  • eggheaded
  • intellectualist
  • highbrow
  • educated
  • literate
  • intellectualistic
  • intelligent
  • brilliant
  • academic
  • highbrowed
  • scholarly
  • bookish
  • erudite
  • professorial
  • learned
  • snooty
  • brainy
  • clever
  • polymath
  • snobby
  • middlebrow
  • snobbish
  • academical
  • well-read
  • pedantic
  • polymathic
  • didactic
  • schooled
  • bright
  • high-toned
  • smart
  • quick-witted
  • hyperintellectual
  • polyhistoric
  • high-hat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • uncultured
  • nonintellectual
  • philistine
  • uneducated
  • ignorant
  • lowbrow
  • uncultivated
  • illiterate
  • dumb
  • unlettered
  • stupid
  • foolish
  • idiotic
  • moronic
  • anti-intellectual
  • benighted
  • unenlightened
  • unintelligent
  • slow
  • unread
  • idiotical
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