taboo

/tuh-boo, ta-/US // təˈbu, tæ- //UK // (təˈbuː) //

禁忌,忌讳,禁忌症,忌諱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV.
- : prohibited or excluded from use or practice: In art school, painting from photographs was taboo.
- : separated or set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or ban.

n.名词 noun

1
plural ta·boos.
- : a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice: One of the strongest taboos in all modern societies is against incest.
- : the system, practice, or act whereby things are set apart as sacred, forbidden for general use, or placed under a prohibition or interdiction.the condition of being so set apart, forbidden, or interdicted.
- : exclusion from social relations; ostracism.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.not allowed, permitted

Synonyms

You’ll continue to see us create products and experiences for our community that innovate in taboo categories.
Just as important, it opened up a conversation in the households of countless straight Americans about a subject that would previously have been shrouded behind an unbreakable taboo.
However, menstruation is usually a taboo and embarrassing topic to discuss with friends, coaches, and teammates—so most women are left with few strategies to mitigate the effects of their cycle on their workouts except to grin and bear it.
We could follow their lead and loosen up, liberating ourselves from the opinion that our taboos are anything other than social constraints.
Many people in rural parts of india consider menstruation a dirty process, some think of it as a disease, all of this happens due to lack of awareness and age old taboos.
As Armstrong writes, “It was not a ‘great objective something,’ but had imprecise connotations of obligation and taboo.”
Our culture is becoming more open-minded about previously taboo subjects.
Millions of us are gay, and yet what gay people do in bed remains taboo—almost never discussed—so what is the truth about gay sex?
Everything was on the table, the promos said; no subjects were taboo.
Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.
Taboo survivals act dysgenically within the family under present conditions.

/tuh-boo, ta-/US // təˈbu, tæ- //UK // (təˈbuː) //

禁忌,忌讳,禁忌症,忌諱

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV.
- : prohibited or excluded from use or practice: In art school, painting from photographs was taboo.
- : separated or set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or ban.

n.名词 noun

1
plural ta·boos.
- : a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice: One of the strongest taboos in all modern societies is against incest.
- : the system, practice, or act whereby things are set apart as sacred, forbidden for general use, or placed under a prohibition or interdiction.the condition of being so set apart, forbidden, or interdicted.
- : exclusion from social relations; ostracism.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.not allowed, permitted

Synonyms

You’ll continue to see us create products and experiences for our community that innovate in taboo categories.
Just as important, it opened up a conversation in the households of countless straight Americans about a subject that would previously have been shrouded behind an unbreakable taboo.
However, menstruation is usually a taboo and embarrassing topic to discuss with friends, coaches, and teammates—so most women are left with few strategies to mitigate the effects of their cycle on their workouts except to grin and bear it.
We could follow their lead and loosen up, liberating ourselves from the opinion that our taboos are anything other than social constraints.
Many people in rural parts of india consider menstruation a dirty process, some think of it as a disease, all of this happens due to lack of awareness and age old taboos.
As Armstrong writes, “It was not a ‘great objective something,’ but had imprecise connotations of obligation and taboo.”
Our culture is becoming more open-minded about previously taboo subjects.
Millions of us are gay, and yet what gay people do in bed remains taboo—almost never discussed—so what is the truth about gay sex?
Everything was on the table, the promos said; no subjects were taboo.
Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.
Taboo survivals act dysgenically within the family under present conditions.