1ADJ-GRADED (书籍、讨论)高深难懂的,高雅的,学术性的 If you say that a book or discussion is highbrow, you mean that it is intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand. (书籍、讨论)高深难懂的,高雅的,学术性的
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](人)对高深学问感兴趣的,修养(或品味)高雅的 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. (人)对高深学问感兴趣的,修养(或品味)高雅的
Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was 'too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers.
品位高雅的批评家们轻蔑地表示,该节目“太深奥”,对多数观众没有吸引力。
Highbrow is also a noun.
...the sniggers of the highbrows.
品味高雅者的窃笑
Quotations
A highbrow is a kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of PicassoA.P. HerbertThe Highbrow