lowbrow
发音
英 [ˈləʊbraʊ]
美 [ˈloʊbraʊ]
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- adj.
- (文学作品或电视节目等)粗俗的,低级趣味的
单词词源
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。
反义词
双语例句
- 1. She enjoys going to lowbrow action movies once in a while .
- 她喜欢偶尔看些通俗的动作片。
- 2. That lowbrow prefers pornography to fine art .
- 那格调低的人喜欢黄色书刊胜于艺术。
- 3. Something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality .
- 吸引流行(或低俗)口味的东西,而且往往质量低劣。
- 4. Although he sometimes worked for the bbc , he preferred the more lowbrow independent television .
- 尽管有时他为bbc工作,他更喜欢通俗的独立电视节目。
- 5. So far at least , commentaries in the official media have dwelt mainly on lowbrow entertainment on television and the internet .
- 至少迄今为止,官方媒体的评论都集中在网络和电视上的低俗娱乐节目上。