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单词 highbrow
释义 highbrow
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: high (I) + brow
: a person who possesses or has pretensions to strong intellectual interests or superiority : one who regards aloofly or contemptuously manifestations of mass culture : egghead
 < highbrows … despise soap operas and are repelled by the success stories in popular magazines — W.O.Aydelotte >
 < highbrows who believe that … art is for art's sake — A.J.Toynbee >
II. adjective
: of, relating to, or appropriate to a highbrow : having or giving the appearance of strong intellectual interests or superiority
 < liking jazz or not liking jazz is almost equally highbrow today — Roger Angell >
 < a Chinese scholar can be ineffably highbrow — E.R.Hughes >
 < the magazine … will be uncompromisingly highbrowTime >
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