lowbrow
英 ['l??bra?]
美['lobra?]
- adj. 教養(yǎng)淺薄的；文化修養(yǎng)淺薄的
- n. 教養(yǎng)淺薄的人
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中文詞源
lowbrow 粗俗的，低級趣味的
即低的眉毛。來自于過去的迷信看面相，認為眉毛長得低的沒有藝術修養(yǎng)，粗俗人。比較highbrow,middlebrow.同時，參照詩句“高帝子孫盡隆準，龍種自與常人殊”，就是說皇家子弟鼻子高。
英文詞源
- lowbrow (n.)
- also low-brow, "person who is not intellectual," 1902, from low (adj.) + brow. Said to have been coined by U.S. journalist Will Irwin (1873-1948). A low brow on a man as a sign of primitive qualities was common in 19c. fiction, but it also was considered a mark of classical beauty in women.
A low brow and not a very high one is considered beautiful in woman, whereas a high brow and not a low one is the stamp of manhood. ["Medical Review," June 2, 1894]
As an adjective from 1913.
雙語例句
- 1. His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.
- 他選擇的主題被認為是淺薄的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. That lowbrow prefers pornography to fine art.
- 那格調(diào)低的人喜歡黃色書刊勝于藝術.
來自辭典例句
- 3. But he has always attracted serious - minded partisans eager to mount a highbrow defense of the lowbrow.
- 但他總能吸引熱心的堅定支持者,急著以他們的高文化素養(yǎng)為他的低俗文化辯護.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. A customer buried in reading matter is a common sight in even the most lowbrow caf é.
- 即使在最簡陋的咖啡館,埋頭讀書的消費者仍是里面的常見一景.
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