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

• 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。
• Police have made a macabre discovery
  警方有一个令人毛骨悚然的发现。
• Macabre stories about tortures conceived by a madman.
  关于由一个疯子构想出来的可怕故事。
• 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。
• James Thomlinson designed his burger using gory testimonials describing the taste of human flesh, mixing veal, chicken livers, bone marrow and pork to make the macabre meal.
  詹姆斯托姆林森参照资料中血淋淋的人肉味道，把小牛肉、鸡肝、骨髓和猪肉混合在一起，制作出可怕的人肉味。
• An angry curse not open Xing said those macabre cursing, I am not going to listen.
  一生气不开兴就说那些骂人不堪入耳的脏话，我很听不下去。
• Passenger Jane Allen, whose great-uncle died on his honeymoon trip on the Titanic while her great-aunt survived, said she did not think it was ghoulish or macabre to go on the voyage.
  乘客简-艾伦的伯祖父在泰坦尼克号上遇难，当时他正度蜜月，简的伯祖母幸存了下来。简说，她不觉得这次纪念之旅令人毛骨悚然或者非常可怕。
• 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！
• In2008 local news media uncovered a macabre network that lured unemployed urban youths to the countryside with promises of jobs, only to kill them and pass them off as dead rebels.
  2008年，当地新闻媒体揭发了一个害人的犯罪陷阱，以工作为诱饵欺骗失业的城市年轻人来到农村，然后杀害他们，将他们混充为战死的叛乱分子。
• Novalis, known as "Macabre Poet", attempts to comprehend the meaning life by eulogizing night and death, hence showing his persistent belief in life with a hidden extending self.
  “死亡诗人”诺瓦利斯的创作通过歌颂“黑夜”与“死亡”去感悟生命，表达对生命的执着，其间隐藏着一个力图扩张的自我。