taboo

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /təˈbuː/|/tæˈbuː/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. countable,uncountable
    — It is true indeed that a taboo - in order to be a proper taboo - must not rest in the general mind on argument or reason.
  2. Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To mark as taboo. transitive
  2. To ban or prohibit. transitive
    — They lunched, but if the subject of Carrados had been tabooed the meal would have been a silent one.
  3. To avoid. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
    — Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
  2. Culturally forbidden.

词形变化

taboos plural tabu alternative tapu alternative more taboo comparative most taboo superlative tabu alternative tapu alternative taboos present,singular,third-person tabooing participle,present tabooed participle,past tabooed past tabu alternative tapu alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nontaboo taboo avoidance taboo deformation tabooer tabooise tabooish tabooism tabooist tabooistic tabooless tabooness tabooize tabooification

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
词源 3
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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