- 1
A taboo is something a group of people agree not to do or talk about, because it's seen as too shocking, , sacred, or wrong — in many families, money and salary are taboo topics at dinner. As an adjective, we say a topic or word is "taboo" — forbidden by social custom, not by law.
禁忌
組成Borrowed straight from a Polynesian language (from Tonga/Fiji), where it meant something forbidden or sacred. English picked it up after Captain Cook wrote about it in the 1700s.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
taboonoun/təˈbuː/
- 1
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- It is true indeed that a taboo - in order to be a proper taboo - must not rest in the general mind on argument or reason.
- So among the Alfoors of the island of Buru it is taboo to mention the names of parents and parents-in-law, or even to speak of common objects by words which resemble these names in sound.
- 2
Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
tabooadj/təˈbuː/
- 1
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
- Sweets and fats are strictly taboo in my home.
- 2
Culturally forbidden.
tabooverb/təˈbuː/
- 1
To mark as taboo.
- 2
To ban or prohibit.
- They lunched, but if the subject of Carrados had been tabooed the meal would have been a silent one.
- 3
To avoid.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。