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.

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.

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