taboo

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n. 禁忌, 禁止接近, 禁止使用 a. 禁忌的, 忌讳的 vt. 禁忌, 忌讳, 禁止

发音

UK /təˈbuː/
其它
UK /tæˈbuː/
IN /ˈʈæ.bu/
IN /ʈəˈbu/

词形变化

taboos 复数 taboos tabooed tabooing taboos 三单 tabooing 现在分词 tabooed 过去式 tabooed 过去分词 more taboo 比较级 most taboo 最高级

别名

tambu tabu tapu tamboo

教材释义与例句

名词

禁忌；禁止

动词

禁忌；禁止

形容词

禁忌的；忌讳的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

    避忌

    禁忌

    忌讳

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To mark as taboo.

    忌讳

    及物
  2. 2.

    To ban or prohibit.

    禁止

    及物

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados They lunched, but if the subject of Carrados had been tabooed the meal would have been a silent one.

  3. 3.

    To avoid.

    忌讳

    避免

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Culturally forbidden.

  2. 2.

    Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

    避忌的

    禁忌的

    忌讳的

    Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

    Sweets and fats are strictly taboo in my home.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

tabu

上位词 4

prejudice bias inhibition preconception
动词

上位词 2

control restrict
形容词

同义词 5

out forbidden prohibited proscribed verboten

近义相关 2

sacred impermissible

相关短语

taboo deformation taboo deformations taboo avoidance taboo avoidances

词源

Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b.

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