taboo

noun

/təˈbuː/

(plural taboos)

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taboo (against/on something) a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing
- an incest taboo
- a taboo on working on a Sunday
- to break/violate a taboo
- Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
Extra Examples
- The play violates several taboos on sexuality.
- his failure to observe the tribe's rigid taboos
- taboos surrounding menstruation
- the problem of breaking down deep-seated cultural taboos
- the taboo about religion in British society
- the taboo against marrying a foreigner
- They broke cultural taboos against women attending such meetings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- powerful
- cultural
- religious
- …
verb + taboo
- break
- shatter
- violate
- …
taboo + noun
- subject
preposition
- taboo about
- taboo against
- taboo on
- …
See full entry
taboo (against/on something) a general agreement not to do something or talk about something
- The subject is still a taboo in our family.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- powerful
- cultural
- religious
- …
verb + taboo
- break
- shatter
- violate
- …
taboo + noun
- subject
preposition
- taboo about
- taboo against
- taboo on
- …
See full entry

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

单词	taboo
释义	taboo adjective /təˈbuː/ /təˈbuː/ jump to other results considered so offensive or embarrassing that people must not mention it in the days when sex was a taboo subject Any talk of the divorce is strictly taboo. taboo noun /təˈbuː/ /təˈbuː/ (plural taboos) jump to other results taboo (against/on something) a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing an incest taboo a taboo on working on a Sunday to break/violate a taboo Death is one of the great taboos in our culture. Extra Examples The play violates several taboos on sexuality. his failure to observe the tribe's rigid taboos taboos surrounding menstruation the problem of breaking down deep-seated cultural taboos the taboo about religion in British society the taboo against marrying a foreigner They broke cultural taboos against women attending such meetings. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective powerful cultural religious … verb + taboo break shatter violate … taboo + noun subject preposition taboo about taboo against taboo on … See full entry taboo (against/on something) a general agreement not to do something or talk about something The subject is still a taboo in our family. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective powerful cultural religious … verb + taboo break shatter violate … taboo + noun subject preposition taboo about taboo against taboo on … See full entry Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’; introduced into English by Captain Cook.
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