lowbrow的意思

lowbrow

英式音标['lobraʊ]
美式英标['ləʊbraʊ]

基本解释

adj. 教养浅薄的；文化修养浅薄的

n. 教养浅薄的人

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。

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.

1. His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.: 他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。

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.

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.