highbrow

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n. (自以为)文化修养高的人, 卖弄知识的人 a. 自炫博学的, 知识分子的, 不切实际的

词形变化

highbrows 复数 highbrows

教材释义与例句

名词

卖弄知识的人；知识分子

形容词

不切实际的；自炫博学的；知识分子的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cultured or learned person or thing.

    贬义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

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    贬义

    highbrow entertainment

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

intellectual intellect
形容词

同义词 1

highbrowed

近义相关 1

intellectual

词源

A compound of the words high + brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.

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