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highbrow

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n.<美口>(自以为)有高度文化修养的人,知识分子,卖弄知识的人 adj.自炫博学的,知识分子的,不切实际的

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highbrow为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:highbrowism

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lowbrow    

highbrow


/'haɪbraʊ; `haɪ,brau/
n (often derog 常作贬义) person who has or is thought to have superior intellectual and cultural tastes 博学而兴趣高雅的人; 风雅之士.

adj
*highbrow drama, books,interests 格调高雅的戏剧、书籍、兴趣. Cf 参看 lowbrow, middle-brow (middle).

highbrow


adj
a highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand
someone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects
= intellectual
>highbrown[C]
lowbrow, middlebrow