1. 哥特式的：十六世纪时的意大利建筑家很藐视这种新建筑,以为唯有日耳曼的蛮族才会去赏识它,因此叫它为哥特式的(Gothic)建筑,这班新建筑家最初发现石造的拱顶可用肋拱去扶持它,而这种肋拱又可聚集于石柱的上端.

1. （建筑等）哥特式的，哥特风格的
    Gothic architecture and religious art was produced in the Middle Ages. Its features include tall pillars, high curved ceilings, and pointed arches.

    e.g. ...a vast, lofty Gothic cathedral.
           宏伟高耸的哥特式教堂
    e.g. ...Gothic stained glass windows...
           哥特式彩色玻璃窗

2. （小说）哥特派的（描写怪诞、神秘的恐怖故事）
    In Gothic stories, strange, mysterious adventures happen in dark and lonely places such as graveyards and old castles.

gothic的意思

    e.g. This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.
           这本小说既非科幻小说亦非哥特派恐怖小说。

3. （印刷或书写文字）哥特体的，花体的，德文老式字体的
    Gothic is used to describe a style of printing or writing in which the letters are very decorative. German books and signs were often written in Gothic script.

1. characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque

    e.g. gothic novels like `Frankenstein''

2. as if belonging to the Middle Ages
    old-fashioned and unenlightened

    e.g. a medieval attitude toward dating

    Synonym: medievalmediaeval