macabre

音标发音

• 英式音标 [mə'kɑːbr(ə)]
• 美式音标 [məˈkɑbrə, məˈkɑb, -ˈkɑbɚ]
• 国际音标 [mə'kɑ:brə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 可怕的；以死亡为主题的；令人毛骨悚然的（等于macaber）

词根记忆

• ma(拼音：妈) + cab(出租车) + re→妈呀！这么多的出租车→恐怖的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• BURIED in the 2001 round of George Bush’s tax cuts was a macabre oddity.
  纠结于2001年乔治•布什总统的减税政策真是一件可怕的怪事。
• Urban legends have been around forever, as fear of the unknown gets spun into macabre tales that proliferate with each person who hears them.
  对未知的恐惧被编造成令人毛骨悚然的故事随之扩散开来，都市传言便一直流传在人群之间。
• On the occasion of the Sottsass exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2006, which he helped design, Mr. Sottsass said he found the notion of a retrospective “a bit macabre.”
  在他自己参与设计的06年洛杉矶地方美术馆的索特萨斯展上，他说感觉回顾展的提法“有一点让人毛骨悚然” 。

原声例句

• So it's called Art Macabre. So it's all kind of like quite dark and like death-themed events,
  它被称作艺术群魔。所以它画的都是一些类似黑暗、死亡主题的事物，
  在市场遇到的人 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

权威例句

• His aesthetic is that of darkness and beauty, mixing two such polar elements with macabre elegance.
  FORBES: The Macabre Genius Alexander McQueen On Display At The Met
• While the macabre aspect of his scheme offends many, it did not make Caramadre squeamish.
  FORBES: Making A Business Out Of Death
• But for others it might trend closer to a macabre eyesore in need of termination.
  FORBES: After Death Your Facebook Account May Become the Subject of a Lawsuit

词组短语

短语

• Resurrection Macabre 唱片名
• Macabre Eternal 唱片名
• Ian Macabre 恐怖伊恩
• Valse Macabre 死神之圆舞曲
• Theatre Macabre 恐怖剧场黑暗流放

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• used to describe something that is very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence

柯林斯英英字典

• You describe something such as an event or story as macabre when it is strange and horrible or upsetting, usually because it involves death or injury.