| 单词 | lowbrow |
| 释义 | lowbrow (once / 51613 pages) adjn Anything or anyone lowbrow is unsophisticated and uncultivated. Videos that become wildly popular on the internet tend to be lowbrow. Something that is lowbrow doesn’t provide much intellectual stimulation, and it may be in poor taste. Comedies that rely heavily on insults, physical gags, and jokes about bodily functions can usually be described as lowbrow. Forms of entertainment such as operas and Shakespearean plays are typically regarded as highbrow — the opposite of lowbrow. Surprisingly, they can have their fair share of lowbrow humor as well. WORD FAMILYlowbrow: lowbrows USAGE EXAMPLESIt worked only modestly, and serious society members recoiled at lowbrow efforts like “Taboo” and “Meet the Hutterites.” New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) Donley was stunned when Trump attacked the Hispanic judge, calling it “low-class, lowbrow.” Washington Post(Nov 06, 2016) The Pineapple and Pearls tasting menu is a borderless survey that explores the pleasures of highbrow and lowbrow cuisine. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) 1adj characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes lowbrow tastes Syn lowbrowed, uncultivated nonintellectual not intellectual 2n a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits Syn|Hyper anti-intellectual, philistine pleb, plebeian one of the common people |
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