highbrow

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Определение highbrow в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

aydın

entelektüel

aydın (kimse)

(Konuşma Dili) kültürlü

(Konuşma Dili) okumuş

{i} ukalâ

(isim) ukalâ

s., i. entelektüel

fikir adamı

entel

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение highbrow в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A cultured or learned person or thing

Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured

a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"

{i} intellectual, cultured person, refined person; pseudointellectual, snob

{s} having a highly intellectual quality; highly cultured or refined; snobbish, haughty

a person of intellectual or erudite tastes highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic

If you say that a book or discussion is highbrow, you mean that it is intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand. He presents his own highbrow literary programme. lowbrow

If you describe someone as highbrow, you mean that they are interested in serious subjects of a very intellectual nature, especially when these are difficult to understand. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was `too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers. lowbrow

Связанные Термины

highbrows

plural of highbrow

Расстановка переносов

high·brow

Турецкое произношение

haybrau

Синонимы

bookish, brainy, cerebral, cultivated, cultured, erudite, intellective, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise, academic, academician, bluestocking

Антонимы

lowbrow

Произношение

/ˈhīˌbrou/ /ˈhaɪˌbraʊ/

Этимология

() From a compound of the words high and brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.

Видео

... don't we pick one of those, The King's Speech. Good choice. Something highbrow for this time ...