totem

英 ['təʊtəm] 美['totəm]

低频词GRE畅通词汇

复数: totems;形容词: totemic;

1. 音译“图腾”，被奉为该族群的保护者的生物或徽记。
2. Wolf Totem：狼图腾。

totem 图腾

来自北美印第安土著语-doodem,图腾，家族符号。

totem: totem: [18] Totem is of native American origin, and denotes etymologically ‘belonging to a family or group’. Its ultimate source is the stem *ōtē- ‘belong to a local group’, and it was adapted from an Ojibwa derivative formed with a possessive prefix ending in t, such as otōtēman ‘his group or family’, hence ‘his family mark’.
totem (n.): animal or natural object considered as the emblem of a family or clan, 1760, from Algonquian (probably Ojibwa) -doodem, in odoodeman "his sibling kin, his group or family," hence, "his family mark;" also attested in French c. 1600 in form aoutem among the Micmacs or other Indians of Nova Scotia. Totem pole is 1808, in reference to west coast Canadian Indians.

2. Oh, look. We've just passed a totem pole. The Native art collection can't be far away.: 嘿, 看, 我们刚经过了一个图腾柱. 土著艺术品的展览一定不会太远了.

3. Totem of Wrath - No longer requires points in Lightning Overload.: 天怒图腾 - 不需要闪电过载前置.

4. The Ecosphere is a totem, a totem of all closed living systems.: 生态球是一个图腾, 一个属于所有封闭的生命系统的图腾.

5. Totem A Totem is a special kind of Shaman ongoing ability.: 图腾:图腾是个特别的萨满“进行中”能力.