middlebrow
middlebrows 是 middlebrow 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [ˈmɪd.əl.braʊ]
美
[ˈmɪd.əl.braʊ]
- n. 知能学识平凡的人；中庸
- adj. 极普通的；只有中等文化素养的
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词族 · middlebrow
词形变化
中文词源
middlebrow 品位一般的
比喻用法。比较highbrow,lowbrow.
英语词源
- middlebrow
- 1911 (adj.), 1912 (n.), from middle + brow (compare highbrow, lowbrow).
[T]here is an alarmingly wide chasm, I might almost say a vacuum, between the high-brow, who considers reading either as a trade or as a form of intellectual wrestling, and the low-brow, who is merely seeking for gross thrills. It is to be hoped that culture will soon be democratized through some less conventional system of education, giving rise to a new type that might be called the middle-brow, who will consider books as a source of intellectual enjoyment. ["The Nation," Jan, 25, 1912]