单词 | highbrow |
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音标 | ['haibrau] |
解释 | n.自以为文化修养很高的人 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 自以为文化修养很高 的人(a person pretending highly cultivated, or having intellectual tastes) 【记】 组合词:high(高)+br ow(额头,表情)参考其他 high 组词:highhanded(强 制的),high-hearted (轻松的),high-stru ng(十分敏感的) 【同】 参考:middlebrow(中 产阶级趣味的人); lowbrow(无文化修养 之人)high-flown adj. 夸张的(bombastic); 好高骛远的(extravag antly ambitious) 【例】 The highbrow spent all day in the library reading books. |
字源 | highbrow (n.) "person of superior intellect and taste," 1902, back-formation from high-browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from high (adj.) + brow (see also lowbrow). |
不择手段背单词 | n. (自以为是)有高深学问或文化素养的人 【记】high高; brow(n 额; 眉毛): 眉毛翘得高-自以为是有高深学问或文化素养的人 【参】middlebrow(n 学识平凡的人); lowbrow(n 教养浅薄的人) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】将眉毛很高,鼻孔朝天的人 |
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