| 单词 | totem |
| 释义 | totem (once / 2654 pages) n 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. Any group can have a totem, but the word totem is from the Algonquian (Native American) word odoodeman for "his family mark." Totems are pictures — usually on badges or emblems — of animals or plants that represent a group of people, especially an extended family or clan. A totem could be a grizzly bear, oak tree, catfish, or just about any other living thing. Like a flag, a totem means a lot to the people it represents. WORD FAMILYtotem: totemic, totems+/totemic: totemism/totemism: totemisms, totemist/totemist: totemists USAGE EXAMPLESHe was the Seattle Totems’ beat writer for several years. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) She adopted the eagle as her totem, or spiritual emblem. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) ‘Eyes of the Totem,’ shot in Tacoma in 1927, to be screened at Northwest Film Forum. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) Hyper emblem special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. 2n a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Hyper clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe group of people related by blood or marriage |
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