We in English gained the word from an art form known as the danse macabre or the dance of death.

英语里的macabre一词源自一种叫danse macabre(死亡之舞)的画。

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But before macabre meant macabre why call the dance of death macabre?

那macabre怎么又跟死亡之舞扯上了？

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So it's called Art Macabre. So it's all kind of like quite dark and like death-themed events,

它被称作艺术群魔。所以它画的都是一些类似黑暗、死亡主题的事物，

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Elliott Brood describes its music as "death country, " and as its members explained to Stevie, there's a macabre story behind the new album.

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