totem
totem 英 [ˈtəʊtəm] 美 [ˈtoʊtəm]
n. 图腾；崇拜物
名词复数:totems
- A totem is an emblem or badge that features an animal or plant. Each totem represents a family, clan, or tribe. Do you come from a long line of fishermen? Perhaps your family’s totem is a trout.
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- n. 图腾；崇拜物
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1. I carry shells for the feel of them: their lightness, smoothness and dryness, like a totem to be touched as I walk.
我之所以带着这些蜗牛壳是因为我对它们有这样的感觉：它们轻便，光滑和干燥，就像一个我徒步中要触摸的图腾一样。
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2. I especially noticed adifference as the camera pans towards the totem, I chose to focus on the backdoor with the kids.
我特别注意到一个不同点，就在画面摇摄那个图腾的时候。 我聚焦在有孩子们的后门上。
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3. In Macau you discover a small, neat, plastic-wrapped totem of another faith: a brand new deck of cards.
在澳门，你会发现一个小巧、整齐、塑料包装的另一种信仰图腾：一副全新的纸牌。
- 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.
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