taboo
- IPA[təˈbuː]
英式
- a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing；a practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom
- prohibited or restricted by social custom；designated as sacred and prohibited
- place under a taboo
verb: taboo, 3rd person present: taboos, gerund or present participle: tabooing, past tense: tabooed, past participle: tabooed
noun: taboo, plural noun: taboos
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing many taboos have developed around physical exposure the use of violence must remain a taboo in our society
- ▪ a practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom speaking about sex is a taboo in his country
形容詞
- 1. prohibited or restricted by social custom sex was a taboo subject
- ▪ designated as sacred and prohibited the burial ground was seen as a taboo place
動詞
- 1. place under a taboo traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period
