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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++high·brow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ adjective  1. INTELLIGENTa highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand 〔书籍、电影等〕严肃的,高雅的;深奥难懂的,阳春白雪的2. INTELLIGENTsomeone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects 〔人〕趣味严肃[高雅]的,文化修养高的 SYN intellectualhighbrow noun [countable] lowbrow, middlebrow
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highbrowThe usual metropolitan and highbrow bias can be discerned.But seriously, you say, how highbrow can tequila really get?He picked up a book that was lying on the floor. It was something highbrow - Kafka, I think.The highbrow national monthly published his musings in the spring.Readers of tabloid newspapers are less interested in politics and less likely to tune into highbrow news programmes.
high·brow adjectiveChineseSyllable
serious is a Corpus very book, film etc highbrow


highbrow
highbrow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ adjective
1. a highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand
2. someone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects
   SYN  intellectual
—highbrow noun [countable]
lowbrow, middlebrow


high·browBrE /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ 🔊 adjective (sometimes disapproving) concerned with or 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 SYN intellectual highbrow newspapers格调高雅的报纸highbrow readers趣味高雅的读者 OPP lowbrow   compare middlebrow