macabre

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a. 以死亡为主题的, 可怕的

发音

UK /ˌməˈkɑː.bɹə/
UK /ˌməˈkɑː.bə/
AU
US /məˈkɑb/
US /ˌməˈkɑ.bɹə/
US /ˌməˈkɑ.bɚ/

词形变化

macabrest more macabre 比较级 most macabre 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Representing or personifying death.

  2. 2.

    Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

  3. 3.

    Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

sick grim ghastly gruesome grisly

近义相关 1

alarming

相关短语

danse macabre <法>死的舞蹈，死亡的象征（尤指中世纪绘画中出现的象征死亡的骷髅带领人们走向坟墓的舞蹈）

词源

Borrowed from French macabre, whose etymology is uncertain. Possibly from the term danse macabre, most commonly believed to be from corruption of the biblical name Maccabees; compare Latin Chorea Machabaeorum. Another theory derives the French term (through Spanish macabro) from Arabic مَقَابِر (maqābir, “cemeteries”), plural of مَقْبَرَة (maqbara) or مَقْبُرَة (maqbura).

来源：wiktionary