英语词汇“low-browed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

low-browed

/ˈləʊˌbraʊd/

adjective

1Of rocks: having a low brow; projecting low over the ground, overhanging (also figurative ). Later also of a doorway, window, etc.: low; (of a building) having a low entrance; (by extension) dark, gloomy.

2Of a person or (in later use) a hominid or skull of a hominid: that has a low brow. Frequently depreciatively, with the implication of a small brain or primitive evolutionary status, and therefore a lack of intelligence, breeding, or cultured and civilized behaviour.

3Characteristic of, appropriate to, or appealing to the tastes of a low-browed person.

noun

With the and plural concord. Low-browed people as a class.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Milton (1608–1674), poet and polemicist. From low + browed.

单词	low-browed
释义	low-browed /ˈləʊˌbraʊd/ adjective 1Of rocks: having a low brow; projecting low over the ground, overhanging (also figurative ). Later also of a doorway, window, etc.: low; (of a building) having a low entrance; (by extension) dark, gloomy. 2Of a person or (in later use) a hominid or skull of a hominid: that has a low brow. Frequently depreciatively, with the implication of a small brain or primitive evolutionary status, and therefore a lack of intelligence, breeding, or cultured and civilized behaviour. 3Characteristic of, appropriate to, or appealing to the tastes of a low-browed person. noun With the and plural concord. Low-browed people as a class. Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Milton (1608–1674), poet and polemicist. From low + browed.
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