macabre
美音:
[mə´kɔbrə
]英音:
[mə´kɔbrə
]adj.恐怖的,令人毛骨悚然的,以死亡为主题的
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macabre为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:macabrely
macabre
/mə'kɑ:brə; mə`kɑbrə/
adj connected with death, and thus causing fear; gruesome (与死亡有关)引起恐惧的, 可怕的, 可怖的
*a macabre ghost story 令人毛骨悚然的鬼怪故事.
macabre
adj
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: (danse) macabre 'dance of death', from earlier (danse de) Macabré, perhaps from Medieval Latin chorea Maccabaeorum 'dance of the Maccabees', a representation of the killing of the Maccabees, a Jewish family of Bible times]
very strange and unpleasant and connected with death or with people being seriously hurt
a macabre tale
a macabre sense of humour