形容詞 macabre:

1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
   同義詞：ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, sick

ma.ca.bre

adj.（形容詞）
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome:
恐怖的，陰森森的：令人聯(lián)想起死亡和衰敗的恐怖景象的；令人毛骨悚然的：
例句：
macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.See Synonyms at ghastly
中世紀(jì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和瘟疫事件令人聯(lián)想起死亡和衰敗的恐怖景象參見(jiàn) ghastly

Constituting or including a representation of death.
以死亡為主題的：組成或包括關(guān)于死亡的描述的

來(lái)源：
Ultimately from Old French (Danse) Macabre [(dance) of death]
最終源自 古法語(yǔ) (Danse) Macabre [死亡的（舞蹈）]
perhaps alteration of Macabe [Maccabee]
可能為 Macabe的變化 [馬加比]
from Latin Maccabaeus
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) Maccabaeus
from Greek Makkabios
源自 希臘語(yǔ) Makkabios

【引伸】
maca.brely
adv.（副詞）
<注釋>The wordmacabre is an excellent example of a word formed with reference to a specific context that has long since disappeared for everyone but scholars. Macabre is first recorded in the phrase Macabrees daunce in a work written around 430 by John Lydgate. Lydgate expressed it so because he thoughtMacabree was a French author, although he was actually dealing with the Old French phraseDanse Macabre, .the Dance of Death,. a subject of art and literature.In this dance,Death leads people of all classes and walks of life to the same final end.Themacabre element is thought by some to be an alteration of Macabe , .a Maccabee.. The Maccabees were Jewish martyrswho were honored by a feast throughout the Western Church,and reverence for them was linked to reverence for the dead.One of the biblical books of Maccabees also contains a passage (II Maccabees 2:43-45) mentioning sacrifices for the dead and their future resurrection,which has been used to defend the doctrine of Purgatory.Todaymacabre has no connection with the Maccabees and little connection with the Dance of Death,but it still has to do with death.
單詞macabre 是一個(gè)極好的例子，創(chuàng)造該詞的來(lái)龍去脈除了學(xué)者之外早已被世人所遺忘。 Macabre 最早見(jiàn)于短語(yǔ) Macabrees daunce 是在430年前后約翰·利德蓋特寫的一本書中。 利德蓋特這樣表達(dá)是因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為Macabree 是源于法語(yǔ)的詞， 實(shí)際上他指的是一個(gè)古老的法語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)Danse Macabre， .死神之舞，. 一個(gè)藝術(shù)與文學(xué)的主題。在這個(gè)舞蹈中，死神把各種各樣的人帶到了同一個(gè)終點(diǎn)。有人認(rèn)為macabre 是 Macabe 的變體，.馬加比人.。 馬加比們就是那些猶太殉道者，在天主教會(huì)中通過(guò)節(jié)日表達(dá)對(duì)他們的敬意，對(duì)他們的尊敬和對(duì)死的敬畏是聯(lián)系在一起的。基督教典籍中關(guān)于馬加比人的書中有一段文字（Ⅱ馬加比人2:43-45)提到對(duì)死者的祭祀和他們未來(lái)的復(fù)活，這段文字被用來(lái)捍衛(wèi)關(guān)于煉獄的教義。今天macabre 與馬加比人毫無(wú)聯(lián)系， 與死神之舞相關(guān)甚少，但它仍與死亡有關(guān)