tapu
adjective
uk/ˈtɑː.puː/us/ˈtɑː.puː/veryimportantand notallowedto betouchedorchanged,accordingto thebeliefsof theMaoris(= one of theoriginalpeopleof New Zealand):
(根据毛利人的信仰)非常重要的;不允许接触的;不可改变的Thebuildingsandplacesofteachingwere tapu.这些教学楼和教学场所在过去都是禁地。
Atreesuch as this washighlytapu.像这样的树曾经是绝对不可触摸的。
Compare
taboo
- Theseplacesareregardedasburialsitesand are tapu.
- The Europeans werefreeto goanywhere, exceptplaceswhich were tapu.
- Thedeadwere tapu and anyone whotouchedadeadbodybecameshunnedby all.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-and-death
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- meaningful
- pressing
- prized
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- subtle