taboo
[tə'bu:]
n.禁忌, 禁止接近, 禁止使用
adj.禁忌的
vt.禁忌
例句与用法:
Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.
一度视为犯忌的许多问题现在可以公开谈论了。
Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家里一提政治就犯忌。
There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
在这个办公室里一向是都不吸烟的。
Sex is no longer the taboo subject it used to be.
现在不再像过去那样把性的问题视为禁区。
词形变化:
动词过去式: tabooed/tabued | 动词过去分词: tabooed/tabued | 动词现在分词: tabooing/tabuing | 动词第三人称单数: taboos/tabus |
详细释义:
n.
1. 禁忌, 忌讳; 戒律[U][C]
2. 禁忌的事物(或行为); 禁忌语[C]
3. 禁忌信奉, 守戒
a.
禁忌的, 忌讳的; 禁止的
For most people, birth control is no longer such a taboo subject.
对大多数人来说, 节制生育已不再是那么一个禁忌的话题。
vt.
把……列为禁忌; 禁止