highbrow

adjective
🔊/ˈhaɪbraʊ/
🔊/ˈhaɪbraʊ/
(sometimes disapproving)
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  1. interested in serious artistic or cultural ideas 关于正统艺术(或文化)思想的;对正统的艺术(或文化)感兴趣的synonym intellectual
    • highbrow newspapers格调高雅的报纸
    • highbrow readers趣味高雅的读者
    • Highbrow critics generally disapprove of this type of novel.高挑的评论家普遍不赞成这种小说。
    • The journal is aimed at a highbrow readership.这份刊物针对的是高品位的读者。
    opposite lowbrow compare middlebrowTopics Literature and writingc2, Artc2, Personal qualitiesc2