taboo
[tə'bu]
n. 禁忌, 禁接, 禁使

a. 禁忌, 忌讳

vt. 禁忌, 忌讳, 禁

[医] 禁忌, 禁



taboo
[ noun ]

1. a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

<noun.cognition>

2. an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

<noun.attribute>

[ verb ]

1. declare as sacred and forbidden

<verb.social>

[ adj ]

1. excluded from use or mention

<adj.all>
forbidden fruit
in our house dancing and playing cards were out
a taboo subject

2. forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

<adj.all>

Taboo \Ta*boo"\, n.
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach
to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an
interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common
in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also
{tabu}.]


Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabooed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tabooing}.]
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to
interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set
apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also {tabu}.]


Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also {tabu} and {tapu}.]
[Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a
prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]