lowbrow

• adj.低学歴；低文化
• n. 低学歴の人

すなわち低俗。眉毛の低い人は芸術的教養がなく、下品な人であるという、顔占いの過去の迷信から。ハイブロウ、ミドルブロウと比較する。highbrow、middlebrowと比較する。 一方、「高皇帝の子孫は皆同じ位置にあり、龍の種は庶民と異なる」という詩を参考にすると、つまり王族の子孫は鼻が高い。

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 .

彼が選んだテーマは浅いと考えられている。

2.That lowbrow prefers pornography to fine art.

その格を下げた人は芸術より黄色の本を好む。

3.But he has always attracted serious-minded partisans eager to mount a highbrow defense of the lowbrow .

しかし、彼はいつも熱心な強固な支持者を引きつけ、彼らの高い文化的素養を彼の低俗な文化の弁護にあせっている。

4. A customer buried in reading matter is a common sight in even the most lowbrow caf é.

最も粗末なカフェでも、読書に没頭する消費者はよく見られる光景だ。