a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
禁忌。
a practice that is prohibited or restricted in this way
禁忌行为(或做法)
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speaking about sex is a taboo in his country. 在他的国家性是个忌讳的话题。
prohibited or restricted by social custom
禁忌的,避讳的
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sex was a taboo subject .性曾是个禁忌话题。
designated as sacred and prohibited
(因神圣而属于)禁忌的
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the burial ground was seen as a taboo place .墓地被看作是禁地。
place under a taboo
把…列为禁忌
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traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period .传统社会禁止女性在这个时期处理食物。
"late 18th cent.: from Tongan