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单词 macabre
释义
macabre
adjective
uk
/məˈkɑː.brə/us
/məˈkɑː.brə/
used todescribesomething that is verystrangeandunpleasantbecause it isconnectedwithdeathorviolence:
（与死亡或暴力有关而）恐怖的，可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的
Even thepolicewerehorrifiedat the macabrenatureof thekillings.连警方也为令人发指的杀戮行径所震惊。
She has aprettymacabresenseofhumour.她有一种颇让人害怕的幽默感。
Synonyms
ghastly
ghoulishdisapproving
grim
grisly
gruesome
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Serious and unpleasant
(Definition ofmacabrefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

macabre| American Dictionary

macabre
adjective
us
/məˈkɑb·rə,-ˈkɑb/
causingshockandfearbecauseconnectedwithdeath,esp.strangeorcrueldeath:
After thediagnosis, he said he justwantedtostay“aboveground,” sherecalled,smilingat his macabrehumor.
(Definition ofmacabrefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmacabre

macabre
The electric atmospherics, without flesh, frozen, cold, almostmacabre, are animated by dry movements, unpitying in their stiffness in their surges and disappearances, although non-violent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Though it may not be immediately perceived as functional, the grotesque plays a structural premonitory part in association with themacabre.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the web, terms like haunting,macabreand harrowing are used to describe the album.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Do people lie to the canvassers as an easy (ifmacabre) way of getting rid of them?
From theCambridge English Corpus
All of them are foreshadowings of her tragic fate and contribute to themacabreatmosphere of the novel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The same point could be made through lessmacabremeans.
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Instead, it ranges widely over more unusual, oftenmacabreuses of human bodies, past and present.
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At other times the premonitory value of amacabredescription can be perceived only very late in the novel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But themacabretransfer of racial tactics into the realm of death appears less fascinating than the way they were organized around the control of material bodies.
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The chapter ends with a warning to parents about "verbal danger signs" such as an increase in the use of profane language, aggressive discourse,macabrecontent, and hate expressions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Redon's inter pretation of the organic menace that threatens to overwhelm the saint was that of themacabrerapidly-breeding microbe.
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Such solemnity is even more potent as the reference to tragic grandeur has already been preceded by amacabrereference to the "tomb-like stillness" of the place (41).
From theCambridge English Corpus
That report shows that all the alternatives to hanging are equallymacabreand corrosive to a civilised society.
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It said that the alternatives to hanging were equallymacabre, debasing to those who took part and corrosive of a civilised society.
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The cost of thisdansemacabrewill mop up a goodly portion of the money bled from charitable institutions.
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