| 釋義 |
taboo /ts'bu: US: tse'bu:; ts'du/ n 1 [C, U] (among some peoples) something which religion or custom regards as forbidden, not to be touched, spoken of, etc: (某些民族的) 禁忌： That tree is under a ~. 那棵樹禁止接近 (不可裝凌等) 。 2 [C] general agreement not to discuss sth, do sth. 避諱; 忌諱。 adj under ~ ：禁忌的; 避諱的： Questions and problems that were once ~ are now discussed openly. 過去曾經(jīng)列為禁忌的許多問題現(xiàn)在可以公開討論了。 Unkind gossip ought to be ~. 不厚道的閑話應(yīng)該避諱。 ' ~ words, those which convention avoids or prohibits (eg most of those marked 公 in this dictionary). 忌諱語 (為社會(huì)習(xí)俗所避免或禁止者，如本辭典標(biāo)有△者大多屬此類語) 。 vt [VP6A] forbid, esp on moral or religious grounds. 禁止; 禁用 (尤指基于道德或宗教立場) 。 |