形容词
词源
借自法語 macabre，其词源不详，但可能源自danse macabre —— 其作定语时为形容词 —— 一般认为是圣经名字Maccabees的变体，对比拉丁語 Chorea Machabaeorum。 另一理论认为其派生自西班牙語 macabro，源自阿拉伯語 مَقَابِر (maqābir，“墓地”)，مَقْبَرَة (maqbara)或مَقْبُرَة (maqbura)的复数形式。而直接借用阿拉伯语复数的例子并不鲜见。
读音
- /məˈkɑːbɹə/
- /məˈkɑːbə(ɹ)/
- /məˈkɑb/
- /məˈkɑbɹə/
- /məˈkɑbɚ/
释义
与死亡有关的
There are four fundamental figures. One is a man measuring and comparing his world[…] In front of him is a macabre figure, a cadaver ready to be dissected. This symbolizes man serving mankind. The third figure is the scientist, the man who makes use of the information gathered in the first two fields of mensurable science.
1941, George C. Booth, Mexico's School-made Society, page 106:痴迷于死亡或血腥的
Indeed, in the 1854 draft of Tristan he planned to have Parzival visit the dying knight, and both operas display the same macabre obsession with bloody gore and festering wounds.
1993, Theodore Ziolkowski, “Wagner's Parsifal between Mystery and Mummery”, in Werner Sollors, editor, The Return of Thematic Criticism, pages 274-275:骇人的，恐怖的，阴暗的
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life.
1927, H. P. Lovecraft, “Introduction”, in Supernatural Horror in Literature, published 1938:
词形与写法（2）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| more macabre | comparative | |
| most macabre | superlative |