totem
英['təʊtəm]
美['totəm]
- n. 图腾;崇拜物
词态变化
复数: totems;形容词: totemic;
助记提示
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。
中文词源
totem 图腾
来自北美印第安土著语-doodem,图腾,家族符号。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. I didn't want to be low man on the totem pole for ever.
- 我不想永远当小人物。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自口语例句
- 3. Totem of Wrath - No longer requires points in Lightning Overload.
- 天怒图腾 - 不需要闪电过载前置.
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网
- 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.
来自互联网