詞語：macabre
macabre是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
macabre
[mE5kB:br(r)]
adj.
恐怖的, 令人毛骨悚然的, 以死亡為主題的
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
macabre
ma.ca.bre
AHD:[m…-k?「br…, m…-k?b「, -k?「b…r]
D.J.[m*6k$8br*, m*6k$8b, -6k$8b*]
K.K.[m*6k$br*, m*6k$b, -6k$b+]
adj.（形容詞）
(1)Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome:
恐怖的，陰森森的：令人聯想起死亡和衰敗的恐怖景象的；令人毛骨悚然的：
macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.See Synonyms at ghastly
中世紀戰爭和瘟疫事件令人聯想起死亡和衰敗的恐怖景象參見 ghastly
(2)Constituting or including a representation of death.
以死亡為主題的：組成或包括關於死亡的描述的
語源
(1)Ultimately from Old French (Danse) Macabre [(dance) of death]
最終源自 古法語 (Danse) Macabre [死亡的（舞蹈）]
(2)perhaps alteration of Macabe [Maccabee]
可能為 Macabe的變化 [馬加比]
(3)from Latin Maccabaeus
源自 拉丁語 Maccabaeus
(4)from Greek Makkabios
源自 希臘語 Makkabios
繼承用法
maca「brely
adv.（副詞）
註釋
The word macabre 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 1430 by John Lydgate. Lydgate expressed it so because he thought Macabree was a French author, although he was actually dealing with the Old French phrase Danse 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. The macabre element is thought by some to be an alteration of Macabe , 「a Maccabee.」 The Maccabees were Jewish martyrs who 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 12:43-45) mentioning sacrifices for the dead and their future resurrection, which has been used to defend the doctrine of Purgatory. Today macabre 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 是一個極好的例子，創造該詞的來龍去脈除了學者之外早已被世人所遺忘。 Macabre 最早見於短語 Macabrees daunce 是在1430年前後約翰·利德蓋特寫的一本書中。 利德蓋特這樣表達是因為他認為Macabree 是源於法語的詞， 實際上他指的是一個古老的法語短語Danse Macabre， 「死神之舞，」 一個藝術與文學的主題。在這個舞蹈中，死神把各種各樣的人帶到了同一個終點。有人認為macabre 是 Macabe 的變體，「馬加比人」。 馬加比們就是那些猶太殉道者，在天主教會中通過節日表達對他們的敬意，對他們的尊敬和對死的敬畏是聯繫在一起的。基督教典籍中關於馬加比人的書中有一段文字（Ⅱ馬加比人12:43-45)提到對死者的祭祀和他們未來的復活，這段文字被用來捍衛關於煉獄的教義。今天macabre 與馬加比人毫無聯繫， 與死神之舞相關甚少，但它仍與死亡有關
現代英漢詞典
macabre
[mE5kB:br(r)]
adj.
可怕的；恐怖的；令人毛骨悚然的
a macabre story
一個可怕的故事
美國傳統詞典
macabre
ma.ca.bre
AHD:[m…-k?「br…, m…-k?b「, -k?「b…r]
D.J.[m*6k$8br*, m*6k$8b, -6k$8b*]
K.K.[m*6k$br*, m*6k$b, -6k$b+]
adj.
(1)Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome:
macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.See Synonyms at ghastly
(2)Constituting or including a representation of death.
語源
(1)Ultimately from Old French (Danse) Macabre [(dance) of death]
(2)perhaps alteration of Macabe [Maccabee]
(3)from Latin Maccabaeus
(4)from Greek Makkabios
繼承用法
maca「brely
adv.
註釋
The word macabre 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 1430 by John Lydgate. Lydgate expressed it so because he thought Macabree was a French author, although he was actually dealing with the Old French phrase Danse 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. The macabre element is thought by some to be an alteration of Macabe , 「a Maccabee.」 The Maccabees were Jewish martyrs who 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 12:43-45) mentioning sacrifices for the dead and their future resurrection, which has been used to defend the doctrine of Purgatory. Today macabre has no connection with the Maccabees and little connection with the Dance of Death, but it still has to do with death.