excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" 同义词:forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten,
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands 同义词:tabu,
declare as sacred and forbidden
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion 同义词:tabu,
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature 同义词:tabu,
百科解释
A taboo (, ) is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake, under threat of supernatural punishment.Encyclop?dia Britannica Online.
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其他语种释义
tabooとは意味:1taboo n. タブー, 禁制, 法度(はっと). 【動詞+】 ◆break a taboo 禁制を犯す ◆I decided to defy the taboo and go in an open-neck shirt. そのタブーをものともせず開襟シャツで行くことにした ◆follow strict taboos 厳しい禁制に従う ◆It is dangerous to ignore th...