| 词汇 | highbrow |
| 释义 | highbrow adjective mainly disapprovinguk /ˈhaɪ.braʊ/ us /ˈhaɪ.braʊ/ (of books, plays, etc.) involving serious and complicated or artistic ideas, or (of people) interested in serious and complicated subjects（书籍、戏剧等）严肃高雅的，阳春白雪的;（人）对正统题材感兴趣的 Compare lowbrowmainly disapproving middlebrowadjectivemainly disapproving Art & culture aesthetic Afrocentric Afrofuturism anti-cultural art gallery composition compositional compositionally cultural cultural capital cultural theorist cultural theory culturally folk art lowbrow philistine pop culture popular culture soul soul food You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Intelligence highbrow noun[ C ] mainly disapprovinguk /ˈhaɪ.braʊ/ us /ˈhaɪ.braʊ/ a person who is only interested in serious art or complicated subjects: This is a film for highbrows. Literary highbrows may mock the genre, but romance or "women's fiction" is big business. She is a scholar and a bit of a highbrow. Only highbrows read books like this. The highbrow among us might argue that there's no comparison between an Ibsen play and a soap opera. Art & culture aesthetic Afrocentric Afrofuturism anti-cultural art gallery composition compositional compositionally cultural cultural capital cultural theorist cultural theory culturally folk art lowbrow philistine pop culture popular culture soul soul food highbrow | American Dictionaryhighbrow adjective us/ˈhɑɪˌbrɑʊ/ (of literature, art, music, films, or plays) serious and intended for intelligent educated people who know a lot about these forms of art, or (of people) intelligent and knowing a lot about such things: highbrow entertainment a highbrow intellectual Examples of highbrowhighbrow On the one hand, they have traditionally been seen by highbrow critics as a low, degraded form of artistic expression. When he wrote his way into financial health, he did so by producing middlebrow literature that threatened his aspirations to join a highbrow literary elite. I am not sophisticated, not highbrow in any sense of the term. In contrast, highbrow and very refined are not qualities to which one might necessarily aspire, with their over tones of snobbery and elitism. Could it be that highbrow interests count for more because behind the scenes they contribute more or in a more prolonged way to other interests? We should rather crave indulgence as three novices fresh from the awful legitimacy of the highbrow theatre. Its first choice is highroad, with a score of sixteen, then highball, highbrow, highflier, highjack and highroads, all with eighteen. What would it mean for an interest to count for more because of its highbrow quality? The subtleties in his work tend to be overlooked by highbrow critics. On the one hand, for "highbrow" research or methods to succeed, to have a utility value, these techniques have to find implementation in "lowbrow" commercial software in use in practice. However, as we have seen, punk was also influenced by more 'highbrow' forms of theatre, with allusions to 'method acting' and 'theatre of cruelty' by both performers and critics. I have had some experience of these highbrow committees with titles and fantastic names. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it was called the highbrow film. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I mention that because quality programmes are sometimes thought of as being highbrow programmes of one kind or another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not sure that the highbrows would appreciate that altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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