taboo [名詞] 禁忌;忌諱
taboo
[tə'bu:]
n.禁忌, 禁止接近, 禁止使用
adj.禁忌的
vt.禁忌
例句與用法:
Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.
一度視為犯忌的許多問題現在可以公開談論了。
Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家裡一提政治就犯忌。
There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
在這個辦公室裡一向是都不吸菸的。
Sex is no longer the taboo subject it used to be.
現在不再像過去那樣把性的問題視為禁區。
詞形變化:
動詞過去式: tabooed/tabued | 動詞過去分詞: tabooed/tabued | 動詞現在分詞: tabooing/tabuing | 動詞第三人稱單數: taboos/tabus |
英文解釋:
名詞 taboo:
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
同義詞:tabu
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
同義詞:tabu
動詞 taboo:
declare as sacred and forbidden
形容詞 taboo:
excluded from use or mention
同義詞:forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
同義詞:tabu
以上來源於大辭典