macabre
adjective /məˈkɑːbrə/
/məˈkɑːbrə/
- unpleasant and strange because connected with death and frightening things
synonym ghoulish, grisly可怕的,恐怖的(尤指与死亡等相联系的) - a macabre tale/joke/ritual
令人毛骨悚然的故事/笑话/仪式
Collocations DictionaryMacabre is used with these nouns:- tale
词源late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee’, with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees. - a macabre tale/joke/ritual