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

• Artist Jeffrey Thomas has created a "Twisted Princess" series, taking some of Disney finest characters and giving them a turn for the macabre.
  杰弗里托马斯艺术家创造了一个“扭曲的公主”系列，以迪斯尼最优秀的某些字符，并让他们为恐怖转向。
• 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。
• 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！
• Funny but in a cynical or macabre way.
  荒诞、恐怖而有趣的。
• 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。
• Yet medical monstrosities that are hardly any better undoubtedly continue, almost as a matter of macabre routine, in America, Britain and many other countries.
  然而，那些几乎不可能比安乐死更好的医疗中的可怕事件，作为一种可怕的例行事物，毫无疑问，在美国、英国以及其他许多国家继续存在。
• 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。
• 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。
• By taking her on macabre field trips to funeral parlors?
  把她带上去往殡仪馆的死亡旅行？