Totem
['təʊtəm] or ['totəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians).
(noun.) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object.
奥布里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
埃米莉錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a natural object not an individual but one of a class taken by a tribe a family or a single person and treated with superstitious respect as an outward symbol of an existing intimate unseen relation.—adj. Totem′ic.—ns. Tō′temism the use of totems as the foundation of a vast social system of alternate obligation and restriction; Tō′temist one designated by a totem.—adj. Tō′temistic.
編輯:帕特里克
例句/造句/用法:
- We may outgrow our adoration of the Constitution or Private Property only to establish some new totem pole. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They adopt a totem or symbol of the family and this is generally some animal, the turtle, bear and wolf being favorites. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The tribes are represented by their totems, martens, bear, manfish, and catfish, led by the crane. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
埃尔罗伊校對