英语词汇“totem”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	totem
释义	to·tem \ˈtōd.əm, ˈtōtəm\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Ojibwa ototeman his totem 1. a. : an animal, plant, or other object serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often regarded as a reminder of its ancestry < each clan has its totem or ritualistic mascot — C.E.Wilson > < believes that … his own ancestors were birds like that which is now his totem — Daisy Bates > b. : a usually carved or painted emblem of a family or clan < the aged and rotting raven totem pictured at the right — Alaska Sportsman > c. : a family or clan identified by a common totemic object < belonging to a totem forbidden to marry either of the girls — Rex Ingamells > d. : a totemic object adopted by an individual < the individual had his own totem, serving as familiar spirit in the case of shamans — C.S.Coon > 2. : something that serves as an emblem < enamelled totems of half the automobile clubs in Europe — Times Literary Supplement > especially as a revered symbol < his corpulent figure was the totem of their belief — H.V.Gregory > < move uncritically among the ideological totems of the modern world — W.F.Kerr > 3. : a dark reddish orange that is yellower, stronger, and slightly darker than average lacquer red, stronger and slightly lighter than ocher red, and redder and stronger than burnt sienna — called also Mars red
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