macabre

英 [məˈkɑːbrə]

美 [məˈkɑːbrə]

adj.  可怕的，恐怖的(尤指与死亡等相联系的)

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15626 / COCA.18553

牛津词典

adj.

• 可怕的，恐怖的（尤指与死亡等相联系的）
  unpleasant and strange because connected with death and frightening things
  1. a macabre tale/joke/ritual
     令人毛骨悚然的故事 / 笑话 / 仪式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人毛骨悚然的;恐怖的;可怕的;与死亡(或伤害)有关的
  You describe something such as an event or story asmacabrewhen it is strange and horrible or upsetting, usually because it involves death or injury.
  1. Police have made a macabre discovery...
     警方有一个令人毛骨悚然的发现。
  2. Mr Dahl was well-known for his macabre adult stories called 'Tales of the Unexpected'.
     达尔先生以成人恐怖小说集《意料之外的故事》闻名于世。

英英释义

adj

• shockingly repellent
  1. ghastly wounds
  2. the grim aftermath of the bombing
  3. the grim task of burying the victims
  4. a grisly murder
  5. gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  6. macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  7. macabre tortures conceived by madmen
  Synonym:ghastlygrimgrislygruesomesick

双语例句

• Funny but in a cynical or macabre way.
  荒诞、恐怖而有趣的。
• A French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language ( 1821-1867).
  以死亡为主题和呼唤言语表达方式而著名的法国诗人。
• Police have made a macabre discovery
  警方有一个令人毛骨悚然的发现。
• Dance Macabre, high technology wins, let us look forward to them in the national finals of the wonderful performance!
  群魔乱舞，技高者胜，让我们一起期待他们在全国总决赛的精彩表现！
• I heard that today is Halloween Halloween, ah, street Dance Macabre, remember to go home early, ah, shut the doors and windows before going to sleep good!
  听说今天是万圣节鬼节啊，大街上群魔乱舞，记得早早回家啊，临睡前把门窗关好啊！
• Why are the living dead taking over our lives, and why have so many other domains of American culture, from architects to academics to departments of the federal government, been so eager to jump on this macabre bandwagon?
  为什么我们的生活会被僵尸占据？为什么从建筑、学术到联邦政府各部的如此多的美国文化领域那么急切地赶着这股恐怖潮流？
• It's a bit macabre to think of that but we have become a world-wide phenomenon.
  提到这个让人有些毛骨悚然，但是这说明我们已经成为一个世界范围的现象了。
• By taking her on macabre field trips to funeral parlors?
  把她带上去往殡仪馆的死亡旅行？
• What followed is one of the more macabre scenes of this or any war.
  无论是在此或是任何一场战争中，接下来的场景都更令人毛骨悚然。
• Log on to the Hammer Web ring, with 12 more sites devoted to macabre movies.
  登录哈默网络联盟，就会找到另外12个专门播放恐怖电影的网站。