| 单词 | highbrowish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈhighbrowish ˈhighbrowish adj. = sense A. 1; (also) somewhat or rather highbrow. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective] > fairly, extremely highbrowish1912 1912 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. 50th Ann. Meeting (National Educ. Assoc.) 252 The communities that most need awakening are incapable of finding utility or amusement in these rather sophisticated and ‘highbrowish’ affairs. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 108 Does the very word ‘classical’ make you nervous because it sounds so highbrowish? 2005 A. Liberman Word Origins iv. 33 Those who find tenebrous unbearably highbrowish may take comfort in Longfellow's translation of Dante. < as lemmas |
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