单词 | highbrow |
释义 | highbrow From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhighbrowhigh‧brow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ adjective1 INTELLIGENTa highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand2 INTELLIGENTsomeone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects SYN intellectual —highbrow noun [countable] → lowbrow, middlebrowExamples from the Corpushighbrow• The usual metropolitan and highbrow bias can be discerned.• But seriously, you say, how highbrow can tequila really get?• He picked up a book that was lying on the floor. It was something highbrow - Kafka, I think.• The highbrow national monthly published his musings in the spring.• Readers of tabloid newspapers are less interested in politics and less likely to tune into highbrow news programmes. |
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