请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 no-no
释义

no-no

enUK

no-no

N0142800 (nō′nō′)n. pl. no-noes Informal 1. Something unacceptable or impermissible: "Even though his company wasn't the one involved in the case, what he did is considered a definite no-no" (Mike Royko).2. A social blunder; a faux pas.3. Baseball A game in which a pitcher allows no hits and no runs.

no′-no`



n., pl. -nos, -no's. Informal. anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe. [1940–45]
Translations

no-no

enUK

a no-no

Something, typically an action, that is objectionable or prohibited. If you're trying to become friends with this woman, criticizing her style of parenting is a no-no. Talking in the middle of a Broadway play is a real no-no.

no-no

(ˈnono) n. something that is not (to be) done. (Essentially juvenile.) She seems to delight in doing all the no-nos.

no-no, a

A prohibition or taboo; something that is forbidden or at least discouraged. The term dates from the mid-1900s and was popularized in the late 1960s in a television show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Danielle and John Kinkel used it in the Boston Globe (Feb. 24, 2005) in a piece about the shortage of Roman Catholic priests: “First, everyone knows that ordaining women is a papal no-no and will not be acted upon in the near future.”

NO-NO


AcronymDefinition
NO-NONew Order - Not Optional
随便看

 

英语词典包含2567994条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 20:09:59