taboo
/təˈbuː/
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American sound/təˈbuː/
təˈbuː
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tə - ˈbuː -> taboo
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taboo /tǝ'bu:/ n (pl taboos ) ~ (against/on sth )
၁။ ဘာသာရေး၊ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုတို့အရ ခွင့်မပြုသည့် ရှောင်ရန်အမှု။ တဗူး။ the taboo against incest ❍ tribal taboos ❍ Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
၂။ ရှောင်ကြဉ်ရန် အများက သဘောတူထားသည့် အရာ။ There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
adj မပြောအပ်၊ မလုပ်အပ်ဟု တားမြစ်ထားသော။ Sex is no longer the taboo subject it used to be. ❍ Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
❏ taboo words n [pl] ⚠ မကြားဝံ့မနာသာ။ ည
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forbidden, unmentionable, unthinkable, banned, prohibited, proscribed, outlawed, inviolable, anathema, ban, bar, barred, beyond the pale, disapproval, disapproved, distasteful, don't, forbid, forbiddance, frowned on, illegal, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no, not allowed, not permitted, off limits, off-limits, offensive, out of bounds, outlaw, permitted, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, reserved, restraint, restricted, restriction, ruled out, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not, unacceptable
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