lowbrow

英 ['ləʊbraʊ]美 ['lobraʊ]
  • adj. 教养浅薄的；文化修养浅薄的
  • n. 教养浅薄的人
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中文词源

lowbrow 粗俗的，低级趣味的

即低的眉毛。来自于过去的迷信看面相，认为眉毛长得低的没有艺术修养，粗俗人。比较highbrow,middlebrow.同时，参照诗句“高帝子孙尽隆准，龙种自与常人殊”，就是说皇家子弟鼻子高。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.
他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. That lowbrow prefers pornography to fine art.
那格调低的人喜欢黄色书刊胜于艺术.
来自辞典例句
3. But he has always attracted serious - minded partisans eager to mount a highbrow defense of the lowbrow.
但他总能吸引热心的坚定支持者,急著以他们的高文化素养为他的低俗文化辩护.
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4. A customer buried in reading matter is a common sight in even the most lowbrow caf é.
即使在最简陋的咖啡馆,埋头读书的消费者仍是里面的常见一景.
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