Definition of taboo in English:

taboo

nounPlural taboos təˈbuː

1A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.
禁忌
many taboos have developed around physical exposure
the use of violence must remain a taboo in our society
mass noun Freud applies his notion of taboo in three ways
Example sentencesExamples
- The members of one clan from northern Kenya observe a taboo on eating fish.
- There are no food taboos, although Buddhist monks may practice vegetarianism and observe other food taboos.
- Both Islam and the Orthodox Christian tradition require rigorous observance of fasts and food taboos.
- The thing is that they're also trained to violate the ultimate taboo of society - to kill people.
- Cultural taboos surrounding sexuality and pregnancy also contribute to the low rates of health service access.
- Breaking cultural taboos in this attempt to make money does not seem to matter.
- What drove him to shatter taboos and invite hatred for his conclusions?
- I'm surprised because the film wasn't about breaking taboos.
- Our country has substantial number of disabled people who have excelled in various walks of life, overcoming poverty and social taboos.
- Many people are too scared to risk pursuing a homosexual relationship, with all the social taboos attached to homosexuality.
- For her, the relaxing of rules and taboos about sex have been pivotal in changing the way we think.
- Through mythology, one is able to violate the taboos of society without the guilt.
- The thrill is in breaking taboos, and that is why taboos are fun to have around.
- All of these are thought to be dependent on the ability to observe taboos.
- The strategy broke powerful religious taboos against suicide and the murder of innocents.
- The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos.
- Accurate statistics are hard to come by, especially in a country where social taboos and threats keep many victims silent.
- Many in India are reluctant to talk about Aids and prevention because of societal taboos about discussing sex.
- The cabaret performers and their audiences shared a more or less hidden opposition to social taboos and censorship.
- During the Civil War, hungry Northern soldiers, unaware of the social taboo surrounding peanuts, began eating them.
Synonyms
prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction, boycott, non-acceptance, anathema
1. 1.1 A practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom.
  禁忌行为（或做法）
  speaking about sex is a taboo in his country
  在他的国家性是个忌讳的话题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We are now violating an even deeper family taboo.
  The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos.
  Is there a taboo against the use of weapons of mass destruction?
  Most importantly to feminism, do not support commercial manufacturers who use menstrual taboos to help sell their products.
  The taboos regulating the sight of bare flesh are further determined by wider cultural considerations.
  The media taboo against naming "victims" is also weakening.
  The court cases have undoubtedly had the merit of removing the taboo over reporting excision by the populations concerned and among doctors, social workers, etc.
  Now the Internet comes along, letting you circumvent one of the strictest taboos of all: It lets you talk to strangers.
  Because of the taboo associated with this topic no real dialogue can take place.
  Until we get rid of the taboo of simply talking about it, we're not going anywhere.
  I'm just puzzled why he put himself at risk by breaking probably the biggest taboo in US politics, i.e. criticising the Jewish community or Israel.
  To talk favourably of the Enlightenment has become something of a taboo in recent years.
  The 1992 elections changed the taboo associated with Zionist parties relying on the Arab parties to form a government.
  Knowing incest is an "unclean" act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating.
  The taboo of speaking about colonial sex is often at the heart of many of her images, which often resemble fashion photography.
  The breakdown of the politically correct liberal open-mindedness into frenzied intolerance of criticism and the taboo of peace was dramatic and instantaneous.
  Yet for all their attempts to break taboos, what makes Americans most uncomfortable is the portrayal of intimacy between men.
  The incident drew national media attention and ignited a public debate over the ancient taboo of black men having sexual relations with white women.
  He was referring to the postwar taboo in official political circles on justifying Japan's wartime actions or advocating militarism - publicly at least.
  Prostitution is in this country a taboo; people don't like to admit that it exsists.

adjective təˈbuː

1Prohibited or restricted by social custom.
禁忌的，避讳的
sex was a taboo subject
性曾是个禁忌话题。
Example sentencesExamples
- Once taboo, birth control and family planning are quietly available to discreet couples.
- Divorce is still taboo in some cultures - find an immigrant family that has been rocked by one.
- Previously taboo areas were opened for examination, and laws and legal attitudes were modified.
- Information and counseling on once taboo subjects are now freely available, yet traditional mores still predominate.
- The fact that the subject is taboo also means that a man who is traumatized by the experience may be retraumatized again and again, with each child born to him.
- For many it is a taboo subject which leaves people feeling isolated and vulnerable.
- But whether it should be taboo even to discuss such issues, as some are arguing, is another question.
- Contraception and abortion - once taboo topics - have been enshrined into law.
- On a day for women, culturally taboo subjects like female sexuality can be openly acknowledged.
- But his live show is much more casually cruel, and no matter how sensitive a subject, nothing is taboo for his one-liners.
- As society engages in dialogue on these issues no subject will be taboo.
- Our culture has become distinctly sexualised over the past 20 years, and subjects that were once taboo are now openly discussed.
- Certain subjects are taboo, or too emotive to be examined with objectivity.
- In front of the big screen this behaviour is generally considered taboo.
- In the not too distant past, talk of sex was strictly taboo.
- As a writer, he comes across as someone who feels that by trumpeting loudly about a taboo subject he is breaking down social barriers.
- Hearing them talk, you'd have thought the very subject was taboo: awe, wonder and, yes, fear crept into their voices.
- The topic is so taboo that it almost can't be talked about.
- Al-Jazeera gives air-time to their Arab leaders' opponents and to ordinary viewers and discusses taboo political and social topics.
- Why do you think sex is still so taboo in the U.S.?
Synonyms
forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, vetoed, ruled out, interdicted, outlawed, not permitted, not allowed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, impermissible, not acceptable, restricted, frowned on, beyond the pale, off limits, out of bounds
unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable, censored
rude, impolite, indecorous, dirty
German verboten
Islam haram
New Zealand tapu
informal no go
rare non licet
1. 1.1 Designated as sacred and prohibited.
  （因神圣而属于）禁忌的
  the burial ground was seen as a taboo place
  墓地被看作是禁地。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The hornets are numerous down in that cave; we do not touch it; it is taboo.
  As they saw it, many details concerning clan histories and taboo places have been forgotten over the past few generations.
  I mean it doesn't mean that I want to be rude, it's not that, it's just that you go to certain spaces that are taboo.
  Not only taboo places but also mountain tops were known to be frequented by spirits.
  Totems of specific clans, healers, or royal dynasties are taboo to certain members of some ethnic groups.
  Christianity was another force that was gradually eliminating dangers from spirits based at taboo sites.
  In the Solomon Islands, shrines are always taboo places.

verbtaboos, tabooing, tabooed təˈbuː

[with object]

Place under a taboo.
把…列为禁忌
traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period
传统社会禁止女性在这个时期处理食物。
Example sentencesExamples
- The inside of the tabooed room leads to the outside; here too it constitutes an inside of the external local world associated with modernity.
- As the child accepts that bodily products such as excrement and vomit are tabooed as repugnant and dirty, simultaneously it begins to form concepts of cleanliness and propriety that work toward defining the emergent sense of selfhood.
- Almost all animal flesh is edible and nutritious, yet most human societies taboo many of the animal species available to them.
- Conversely, in some cultures, when a person dies, his or her name and similar sounding words may be tabooed, so new words have to be coined or borrowed.
- Rooted in an era that tabooed discussions of sex, he rebounded to the opposite extreme and exaggerated the roles of sex and sexual conflict in the development of the psyche.
- That these kinds of magazines have been tabooed in our society; forced universally under mattresses, in private drawers, and into unmarked brown boxes.
- Some magic users, magicians, and quite strong ones at that, decided that magic shouldn't be tabooed and decided to rebel against the society that had made them outsiders for so long.
- Clearly it was she, and felt sorry for the creature outside, that she was tabooed never to speak with.
- As for myself, I no longer care for chemical research, and science is a tabooed topic in my household.
- Sacred and tabooed beliefs also work as membership badges in coalitions.
- She asks whether statutory rape laws really protect girls, or serve to target them by making them sexually tabooed and, hence, more attractive.
- Online communities allow a degree of security in, and can hence facilitate, the declaration of socially marginalized or tabooed identities, such as gay, lesbian or various fetish orientations.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Tongan tabu 'set apart, forbidden'; introduced into English by Captain Cook.

There are not many words in English which come from the Polynesian language of Tongan, but taboo is one of them. It was introduced into English by the explorer Captain James Cook in 1777 in the narrative of his voyages. He wrote: ‘Not one of them would sit down, or eat a bit of any thing…they were all taboo.’ He went on to explain that the word was generally used to mean ‘forbidden’. See also tattoo

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of taboo in US English:

taboo

noun

1A social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.
禁忌
Example sentencesExamples
- Accurate statistics are hard to come by, especially in a country where social taboos and threats keep many victims silent.
- The strategy broke powerful religious taboos against suicide and the murder of innocents.
- The thrill is in breaking taboos, and that is why taboos are fun to have around.
- Cultural taboos surrounding sexuality and pregnancy also contribute to the low rates of health service access.
- Our country has substantial number of disabled people who have excelled in various walks of life, overcoming poverty and social taboos.
- Through mythology, one is able to violate the taboos of society without the guilt.
- I'm surprised because the film wasn't about breaking taboos.
- The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos.
- Both Islam and the Orthodox Christian tradition require rigorous observance of fasts and food taboos.
- All of these are thought to be dependent on the ability to observe taboos.
- The members of one clan from northern Kenya observe a taboo on eating fish.
- For her, the relaxing of rules and taboos about sex have been pivotal in changing the way we think.
- During the Civil War, hungry Northern soldiers, unaware of the social taboo surrounding peanuts, began eating them.
- The cabaret performers and their audiences shared a more or less hidden opposition to social taboos and censorship.
- What drove him to shatter taboos and invite hatred for his conclusions?
- The thing is that they're also trained to violate the ultimate taboo of society - to kill people.
- Many people are too scared to risk pursuing a homosexual relationship, with all the social taboos attached to homosexuality.
- Many in India are reluctant to talk about Aids and prevention because of societal taboos about discussing sex.
- There are no food taboos, although Buddhist monks may practice vegetarianism and observe other food taboos.
- Breaking cultural taboos in this attempt to make money does not seem to matter.
Synonyms
prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction, boycott, non-acceptance, anathema
1. 1.1 A social practice that is prohibited or restricted.
  禁忌行为（或做法）
  speaking about sex is a taboo in his country
  在他的国家性是个忌讳的话题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The incident drew national media attention and ignited a public debate over the ancient taboo of black men having sexual relations with white women.
  Is there a taboo against the use of weapons of mass destruction?
  Now the Internet comes along, letting you circumvent one of the strictest taboos of all: It lets you talk to strangers.
  He was referring to the postwar taboo in official political circles on justifying Japan's wartime actions or advocating militarism - publicly at least.
  The taboos regulating the sight of bare flesh are further determined by wider cultural considerations.
  Prostitution is in this country a taboo; people don't like to admit that it exsists.
  The 1992 elections changed the taboo associated with Zionist parties relying on the Arab parties to form a government.
  The taboo of speaking about colonial sex is often at the heart of many of her images, which often resemble fashion photography.
  The breakdown of the politically correct liberal open-mindedness into frenzied intolerance of criticism and the taboo of peace was dramatic and instantaneous.
  The media taboo against naming "victims" is also weakening.
  The court cases have undoubtedly had the merit of removing the taboo over reporting excision by the populations concerned and among doctors, social workers, etc.
  To talk favourably of the Enlightenment has become something of a taboo in recent years.
  Yet for all their attempts to break taboos, what makes Americans most uncomfortable is the portrayal of intimacy between men.
  We are now violating an even deeper family taboo.
  Until we get rid of the taboo of simply talking about it, we're not going anywhere.
  Knowing incest is an "unclean" act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating.
  The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos.
  I'm just puzzled why he put himself at risk by breaking probably the biggest taboo in US politics, i.e. criticising the Jewish community or Israel.
  Most importantly to feminism, do not support commercial manufacturers who use menstrual taboos to help sell their products.
  Because of the taboo associated with this topic no real dialogue can take place.

adjective

1Prohibited or restricted by social custom.
禁忌的，避讳的
sex was a taboo subject
性曾是个禁忌话题。
Example sentencesExamples
- On a day for women, culturally taboo subjects like female sexuality can be openly acknowledged.
- The topic is so taboo that it almost can't be talked about.
- Previously taboo areas were opened for examination, and laws and legal attitudes were modified.
- As a writer, he comes across as someone who feels that by trumpeting loudly about a taboo subject he is breaking down social barriers.
- The fact that the subject is taboo also means that a man who is traumatized by the experience may be retraumatized again and again, with each child born to him.
- In front of the big screen this behaviour is generally considered taboo.
- As society engages in dialogue on these issues no subject will be taboo.
- Al-Jazeera gives air-time to their Arab leaders' opponents and to ordinary viewers and discusses taboo political and social topics.
- Why do you think sex is still so taboo in the U.S.?
- Divorce is still taboo in some cultures - find an immigrant family that has been rocked by one.
- Information and counseling on once taboo subjects are now freely available, yet traditional mores still predominate.
- Our culture has become distinctly sexualised over the past 20 years, and subjects that were once taboo are now openly discussed.
- But whether it should be taboo even to discuss such issues, as some are arguing, is another question.
- But his live show is much more casually cruel, and no matter how sensitive a subject, nothing is taboo for his one-liners.
- Once taboo, birth control and family planning are quietly available to discreet couples.
- In the not too distant past, talk of sex was strictly taboo.
- Hearing them talk, you'd have thought the very subject was taboo: awe, wonder and, yes, fear crept into their voices.
- Certain subjects are taboo, or too emotive to be examined with objectivity.
- Contraception and abortion - once taboo topics - have been enshrined into law.
- For many it is a taboo subject which leaves people feeling isolated and vulnerable.
Synonyms
forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, vetoed, ruled out, interdicted, outlawed, not permitted, not allowed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, impermissible, not acceptable, restricted, frowned on, beyond the pale, off limits, out of bounds
1. 1.1 Designated as sacred and prohibited.
  （因神圣而属于）禁忌的
  the burial ground was seen as a taboo place
  墓地被看作是禁地。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the Solomon Islands, shrines are always taboo places.
  The hornets are numerous down in that cave; we do not touch it; it is taboo.
  Totems of specific clans, healers, or royal dynasties are taboo to certain members of some ethnic groups.
  Not only taboo places but also mountain tops were known to be frequented by spirits.
  As they saw it, many details concerning clan histories and taboo places have been forgotten over the past few generations.
  I mean it doesn't mean that I want to be rude, it's not that, it's just that you go to certain spaces that are taboo.
  Christianity was another force that was gradually eliminating dangers from spirits based at taboo sites.

verb

[with object]

Place under prohibition.
把…列为禁忌
traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period
传统社会禁止女性在这个时期处理食物。
Example sentencesExamples
- That these kinds of magazines have been tabooed in our society; forced universally under mattresses, in private drawers, and into unmarked brown boxes.
- Sacred and tabooed beliefs also work as membership badges in coalitions.
- As the child accepts that bodily products such as excrement and vomit are tabooed as repugnant and dirty, simultaneously it begins to form concepts of cleanliness and propriety that work toward defining the emergent sense of selfhood.
- Rooted in an era that tabooed discussions of sex, he rebounded to the opposite extreme and exaggerated the roles of sex and sexual conflict in the development of the psyche.
- She asks whether statutory rape laws really protect girls, or serve to target them by making them sexually tabooed and, hence, more attractive.
- Some magic users, magicians, and quite strong ones at that, decided that magic shouldn't be tabooed and decided to rebel against the society that had made them outsiders for so long.
- Almost all animal flesh is edible and nutritious, yet most human societies taboo many of the animal species available to them.
- As for myself, I no longer care for chemical research, and science is a tabooed topic in my household.
- The inside of the tabooed room leads to the outside; here too it constitutes an inside of the external local world associated with modernity.
- Conversely, in some cultures, when a person dies, his or her name and similar sounding words may be tabooed, so new words have to be coined or borrowed.
- Online communities allow a degree of security in, and can hence facilitate, the declaration of socially marginalized or tabooed identities, such as gay, lesbian or various fetish orientations.
- Clearly it was she, and felt sorry for the creature outside, that she was tabooed never to speak with.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’; introduced into English by Captain Cook.

词汇	taboo
释义	Definition of taboo in English: taboo nounPlural taboos təˈbuː 1A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. 禁忌 many taboos have developed around physical exposure the use of violence must remain a taboo in our society mass noun Freud applies his notion of taboo in three ways Example sentencesExamples The members of one clan from northern Kenya observe a taboo on eating fish. There are no food taboos, although Buddhist monks may practice vegetarianism and observe other food taboos. Both Islam and the Orthodox Christian tradition require rigorous observance of fasts and food taboos. The thing is that they're also trained to violate the ultimate taboo of society - to kill people. Cultural taboos surrounding sexuality and pregnancy also contribute to the low rates of health service access. Breaking cultural taboos in this attempt to make money does not seem to matter. What drove him to shatter taboos and invite hatred for his conclusions? I'm surprised because the film wasn't about breaking taboos. Our country has substantial number of disabled people who have excelled in various walks of life, overcoming poverty and social taboos. Many people are too scared to risk pursuing a homosexual relationship, with all the social taboos attached to homosexuality. For her, the relaxing of rules and taboos about sex have been pivotal in changing the way we think. Through mythology, one is able to violate the taboos of society without the guilt. The thrill is in breaking taboos, and that is why taboos are fun to have around. All of these are thought to be dependent on the ability to observe taboos. The strategy broke powerful religious taboos against suicide and the murder of innocents. The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos. Accurate statistics are hard to come by, especially in a country where social taboos and threats keep many victims silent. Many in India are reluctant to talk about Aids and prevention because of societal taboos about discussing sex. The cabaret performers and their audiences shared a more or less hidden opposition to social taboos and censorship. During the Civil War, hungry Northern soldiers, unaware of the social taboo surrounding peanuts, began eating them. Synonyms prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction, boycott, non-acceptance, anathema 1.1 A practice that is prohibited or restricted by social or religious custom. 禁忌行为（或做法） speaking about sex is a taboo in his country 在他的国家性是个忌讳的话题。 Example sentencesExamples We are now violating an even deeper family taboo. The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos. Is there a taboo against the use of weapons of mass destruction? Most importantly to feminism, do not support commercial manufacturers who use menstrual taboos to help sell their products. The taboos regulating the sight of bare flesh are further determined by wider cultural considerations. The media taboo against naming "victims" is also weakening. The court cases have undoubtedly had the merit of removing the taboo over reporting excision by the populations concerned and among doctors, social workers, etc. Now the Internet comes along, letting you circumvent one of the strictest taboos of all: It lets you talk to strangers. Because of the taboo associated with this topic no real dialogue can take place. Until we get rid of the taboo of simply talking about it, we're not going anywhere. I'm just puzzled why he put himself at risk by breaking probably the biggest taboo in US politics, i.e. criticising the Jewish community or Israel. To talk favourably of the Enlightenment has become something of a taboo in recent years. The 1992 elections changed the taboo associated with Zionist parties relying on the Arab parties to form a government. Knowing incest is an "unclean" act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating. The taboo of speaking about colonial sex is often at the heart of many of her images, which often resemble fashion photography. The breakdown of the politically correct liberal open-mindedness into frenzied intolerance of criticism and the taboo of peace was dramatic and instantaneous. Yet for all their attempts to break taboos, what makes Americans most uncomfortable is the portrayal of intimacy between men. The incident drew national media attention and ignited a public debate over the ancient taboo of black men having sexual relations with white women. He was referring to the postwar taboo in official political circles on justifying Japan's wartime actions or advocating militarism - publicly at least. Prostitution is in this country a taboo; people don't like to admit that it exsists. adjective təˈbuː 1Prohibited or restricted by social custom. 禁忌的，避讳的 sex was a taboo subject 性曾是个禁忌话题。 Example sentencesExamples Once taboo, birth control and family planning are quietly available to discreet couples. Divorce is still taboo in some cultures - find an immigrant family that has been rocked by one. Previously taboo areas were opened for examination, and laws and legal attitudes were modified. Information and counseling on once taboo subjects are now freely available, yet traditional mores still predominate. The fact that the subject is taboo also means that a man who is traumatized by the experience may be retraumatized again and again, with each child born to him. For many it is a taboo subject which leaves people feeling isolated and vulnerable. But whether it should be taboo even to discuss such issues, as some are arguing, is another question. Contraception and abortion - once taboo topics - have been enshrined into law. On a day for women, culturally taboo subjects like female sexuality can be openly acknowledged. But his live show is much more casually cruel, and no matter how sensitive a subject, nothing is taboo for his one-liners. As society engages in dialogue on these issues no subject will be taboo. Our culture has become distinctly sexualised over the past 20 years, and subjects that were once taboo are now openly discussed. Certain subjects are taboo, or too emotive to be examined with objectivity. In front of the big screen this behaviour is generally considered taboo. In the not too distant past, talk of sex was strictly taboo. As a writer, he comes across as someone who feels that by trumpeting loudly about a taboo subject he is breaking down social barriers. Hearing them talk, you'd have thought the very subject was taboo: awe, wonder and, yes, fear crept into their voices. The topic is so taboo that it almost can't be talked about. Al-Jazeera gives air-time to their Arab leaders' opponents and to ordinary viewers and discusses taboo political and social topics. Why do you think sex is still so taboo in the U.S.? Synonyms forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, vetoed, ruled out, interdicted, outlawed, not permitted, not allowed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, impermissible, not acceptable, restricted, frowned on, beyond the pale, off limits, out of bounds unmentionable, unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable, censored rude, impolite, indecorous, dirty German verboten Islam haram New Zealand tapu informal no go rare non licet 1.1 Designated as sacred and prohibited. （因神圣而属于）禁忌的 the burial ground was seen as a taboo place 墓地被看作是禁地。 Example sentencesExamples The hornets are numerous down in that cave; we do not touch it; it is taboo. As they saw it, many details concerning clan histories and taboo places have been forgotten over the past few generations. I mean it doesn't mean that I want to be rude, it's not that, it's just that you go to certain spaces that are taboo. Not only taboo places but also mountain tops were known to be frequented by spirits. Totems of specific clans, healers, or royal dynasties are taboo to certain members of some ethnic groups. Christianity was another force that was gradually eliminating dangers from spirits based at taboo sites. In the Solomon Islands, shrines are always taboo places. verbtaboos, tabooing, tabooed təˈbuː [with object] Place under a taboo. 把…列为禁忌 traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period 传统社会禁止女性在这个时期处理食物。 Example sentencesExamples The inside of the tabooed room leads to the outside; here too it constitutes an inside of the external local world associated with modernity. As the child accepts that bodily products such as excrement and vomit are tabooed as repugnant and dirty, simultaneously it begins to form concepts of cleanliness and propriety that work toward defining the emergent sense of selfhood. Almost all animal flesh is edible and nutritious, yet most human societies taboo many of the animal species available to them. Conversely, in some cultures, when a person dies, his or her name and similar sounding words may be tabooed, so new words have to be coined or borrowed. Rooted in an era that tabooed discussions of sex, he rebounded to the opposite extreme and exaggerated the roles of sex and sexual conflict in the development of the psyche. That these kinds of magazines have been tabooed in our society; forced universally under mattresses, in private drawers, and into unmarked brown boxes. Some magic users, magicians, and quite strong ones at that, decided that magic shouldn't be tabooed and decided to rebel against the society that had made them outsiders for so long. Clearly it was she, and felt sorry for the creature outside, that she was tabooed never to speak with. As for myself, I no longer care for chemical research, and science is a tabooed topic in my household. Sacred and tabooed beliefs also work as membership badges in coalitions. She asks whether statutory rape laws really protect girls, or serve to target them by making them sexually tabooed and, hence, more attractive. Online communities allow a degree of security in, and can hence facilitate, the declaration of socially marginalized or tabooed identities, such as gay, lesbian or various fetish orientations. Origin Late 18th century: from Tongan tabu 'set apart, forbidden'; introduced into English by Captain Cook. There are not many words in English which come from the Polynesian language of Tongan, but taboo is one of them. It was introduced into English by the explorer Captain James Cook in 1777 in the narrative of his voyages. He wrote: ‘Not one of them would sit down, or eat a bit of any thing…they were all taboo.’ He went on to explain that the word was generally used to mean ‘forbidden’. See also tattoo Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of taboo in US English: taboo noun 1A social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. 禁忌 Example sentencesExamples Accurate statistics are hard to come by, especially in a country where social taboos and threats keep many victims silent. The strategy broke powerful religious taboos against suicide and the murder of innocents. The thrill is in breaking taboos, and that is why taboos are fun to have around. Cultural taboos surrounding sexuality and pregnancy also contribute to the low rates of health service access. Our country has substantial number of disabled people who have excelled in various walks of life, overcoming poverty and social taboos. Through mythology, one is able to violate the taboos of society without the guilt. I'm surprised because the film wasn't about breaking taboos. The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos. Both Islam and the Orthodox Christian tradition require rigorous observance of fasts and food taboos. All of these are thought to be dependent on the ability to observe taboos. The members of one clan from northern Kenya observe a taboo on eating fish. For her, the relaxing of rules and taboos about sex have been pivotal in changing the way we think. During the Civil War, hungry Northern soldiers, unaware of the social taboo surrounding peanuts, began eating them. The cabaret performers and their audiences shared a more or less hidden opposition to social taboos and censorship. What drove him to shatter taboos and invite hatred for his conclusions? The thing is that they're also trained to violate the ultimate taboo of society - to kill people. Many people are too scared to risk pursuing a homosexual relationship, with all the social taboos attached to homosexuality. Many in India are reluctant to talk about Aids and prevention because of societal taboos about discussing sex. There are no food taboos, although Buddhist monks may practice vegetarianism and observe other food taboos. Breaking cultural taboos in this attempt to make money does not seem to matter. Synonyms prohibition, proscription, veto, interdiction, interdict, ban, restriction, boycott, non-acceptance, anathema 1.1 A social practice that is prohibited or restricted. 禁忌行为（或做法） speaking about sex is a taboo in his country 在他的国家性是个忌讳的话题。 Example sentencesExamples The incident drew national media attention and ignited a public debate over the ancient taboo of black men having sexual relations with white women. Is there a taboo against the use of weapons of mass destruction? Now the Internet comes along, letting you circumvent one of the strictest taboos of all: It lets you talk to strangers. He was referring to the postwar taboo in official political circles on justifying Japan's wartime actions or advocating militarism - publicly at least. The taboos regulating the sight of bare flesh are further determined by wider cultural considerations. Prostitution is in this country a taboo; people don't like to admit that it exsists. The 1992 elections changed the taboo associated with Zionist parties relying on the Arab parties to form a government. The taboo of speaking about colonial sex is often at the heart of many of her images, which often resemble fashion photography. The breakdown of the politically correct liberal open-mindedness into frenzied intolerance of criticism and the taboo of peace was dramatic and instantaneous. The media taboo against naming "victims" is also weakening. The court cases have undoubtedly had the merit of removing the taboo over reporting excision by the populations concerned and among doctors, social workers, etc. To talk favourably of the Enlightenment has become something of a taboo in recent years. Yet for all their attempts to break taboos, what makes Americans most uncomfortable is the portrayal of intimacy between men. We are now violating an even deeper family taboo. Until we get rid of the taboo of simply talking about it, we're not going anywhere. Knowing incest is an "unclean" act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating. The Communist Party decided to dramatise its rather unique willingness to challenge taboos. I'm just puzzled why he put himself at risk by breaking probably the biggest taboo in US politics, i.e. criticising the Jewish community or Israel. Most importantly to feminism, do not support commercial manufacturers who use menstrual taboos to help sell their products. Because of the taboo associated with this topic no real dialogue can take place. adjective 1Prohibited or restricted by social custom. 禁忌的，避讳的 sex was a taboo subject 性曾是个禁忌话题。 Example sentencesExamples On a day for women, culturally taboo subjects like female sexuality can be openly acknowledged. The topic is so taboo that it almost can't be talked about. Previously taboo areas were opened for examination, and laws and legal attitudes were modified. As a writer, he comes across as someone who feels that by trumpeting loudly about a taboo subject he is breaking down social barriers. The fact that the subject is taboo also means that a man who is traumatized by the experience may be retraumatized again and again, with each child born to him. In front of the big screen this behaviour is generally considered taboo. As society engages in dialogue on these issues no subject will be taboo. Al-Jazeera gives air-time to their Arab leaders' opponents and to ordinary viewers and discusses taboo political and social topics. Why do you think sex is still so taboo in the U.S.? Divorce is still taboo in some cultures - find an immigrant family that has been rocked by one. Information and counseling on once taboo subjects are now freely available, yet traditional mores still predominate. Our culture has become distinctly sexualised over the past 20 years, and subjects that were once taboo are now openly discussed. But whether it should be taboo even to discuss such issues, as some are arguing, is another question. But his live show is much more casually cruel, and no matter how sensitive a subject, nothing is taboo for his one-liners. Once taboo, birth control and family planning are quietly available to discreet couples. In the not too distant past, talk of sex was strictly taboo. Hearing them talk, you'd have thought the very subject was taboo: awe, wonder and, yes, fear crept into their voices. Certain subjects are taboo, or too emotive to be examined with objectivity. Contraception and abortion - once taboo topics - have been enshrined into law. For many it is a taboo subject which leaves people feeling isolated and vulnerable. Synonyms forbidden, prohibited, banned, proscribed, vetoed, ruled out, interdicted, outlawed, not permitted, not allowed, illegal, illicit, unlawful, impermissible, not acceptable, restricted, frowned on, beyond the pale, off limits, out of bounds 1.1 Designated as sacred and prohibited. （因神圣而属于）禁忌的 the burial ground was seen as a taboo place 墓地被看作是禁地。 Example sentencesExamples In the Solomon Islands, shrines are always taboo places. The hornets are numerous down in that cave; we do not touch it; it is taboo. Totems of specific clans, healers, or royal dynasties are taboo to certain members of some ethnic groups. Not only taboo places but also mountain tops were known to be frequented by spirits. As they saw it, many details concerning clan histories and taboo places have been forgotten over the past few generations. I mean it doesn't mean that I want to be rude, it's not that, it's just that you go to certain spaces that are taboo. Christianity was another force that was gradually eliminating dangers from spirits based at taboo sites. verb [with object] Place under prohibition. 把…列为禁忌 traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period 传统社会禁止女性在这个时期处理食物。 Example sentencesExamples That these kinds of magazines have been tabooed in our society; forced universally under mattresses, in private drawers, and into unmarked brown boxes. Sacred and tabooed beliefs also work as membership badges in coalitions. As the child accepts that bodily products such as excrement and vomit are tabooed as repugnant and dirty, simultaneously it begins to form concepts of cleanliness and propriety that work toward defining the emergent sense of selfhood. Rooted in an era that tabooed discussions of sex, he rebounded to the opposite extreme and exaggerated the roles of sex and sexual conflict in the development of the psyche. She asks whether statutory rape laws really protect girls, or serve to target them by making them sexually tabooed and, hence, more attractive. Some magic users, magicians, and quite strong ones at that, decided that magic shouldn't be tabooed and decided to rebel against the society that had made them outsiders for so long. Almost all animal flesh is edible and nutritious, yet most human societies taboo many of the animal species available to them. As for myself, I no longer care for chemical research, and science is a tabooed topic in my household. The inside of the tabooed room leads to the outside; here too it constitutes an inside of the external local world associated with modernity. Conversely, in some cultures, when a person dies, his or her name and similar sounding words may be tabooed, so new words have to be coined or borrowed. Online communities allow a degree of security in, and can hence facilitate, the declaration of socially marginalized or tabooed identities, such as gay, lesbian or various fetish orientations. Clearly it was she, and felt sorry for the creature outside, that she was tabooed never to speak with. Origin Late 18th century: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’; introduced into English by Captain Cook.
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