Something macabre is strange and unpleasant in a dark way: it is tied to death, to graves, or to people being badly hurt, sometimes with a cold kind of joke. A story that lingers on bones, a film that laughs at a funeral, a picture that seems too interested in blood — those can be macabre.

Something macabre is某樣東西是macabre strange and unpleasant in a dark way表示它以一種陰暗的方式讓人覺得詭異又不舒服：it is tied to death, to graves, or to people being badly hurt跟死亡、墳墓，或人受重傷有關，sometimes with a cold kind of joke有時候還帶點冷冷的玩笑意味。A story that lingers on bones一個一直描寫白骨的故事，a film that laughs at a funeral一部拿喪禮開玩笑的電影，a picture that seems too interested in blood一張看起來對血太感興趣的圖片——those can be macabre這些都可能是macabre。

It is a rather bookish or newspaper word. Friends telling a spooky story would more often say creepy or horrible. You can have a macabre joke or a macabre scene.

It is這是 a rather bookish or newspaper word一個偏書面或新聞用語的字。Friends telling a spooky story朋友之間講鬼故事時 would more often say比較常會說 creepy or horriblecreepy或horrible。You can have可以說 a macabre jokea macabre joke（陰森的玩笑） or a macabre scenea macabre scene（陰森的場景）。

It does not just mean “scary.” A fast ride can scare you without being macabre; the death-or-injury colour is what the word carries.

It does not just mean "scary."它不只是「嚇人」的意思。A fast ride can scare you刺激的遊樂設施可以讓你害怕 without being macabre卻不算macabre；the death-or-injury colour這個字帶有的 is what the word carries是那種死亡或受傷的色彩。

English borrowed it from French macabre. Where French got it is not settled: the usual story ties it to danse macabre, “the dance of death,” perhaps from the biblical name Maccabees; another story takes it from an Arabic word for cemeteries. Scholars do not agree, so that is as far as a careful teacher should go.

English borrowed it英文是借來的 from French macabre從法文macabre。Where French got it法文從哪裡得到這個字 is not settled並沒有定論：the usual story ties it to一般的說法把它跟 danse macabre, "the dance of death,"danse macabre（死亡之舞）連在一起，perhaps from the biblical name Maccabees也許來自聖經人物Maccabees（馬加比）；another story takes it from另一種說法則認為它源自 an Arabic word for cemeteries阿拉伯文裡指墓地的字。Scholars do not agree學者們意見不一致，so that is as far as a careful teacher should go所以一個謹慎的老師也只能講到這裡。