totem
英 ['t??t?m]
美 ['tot?m]
助記提示
1. 音譯“圖騰”，被奉為該族群的保護者的生物或徽記。
2. Wolf Totem：狼圖騰。
中文詞源
totem 圖騰來自北美印第安土著語-doodem,圖騰，家族符號。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I didn't want to be low man on the totem pole for ever.
- 我不想永遠當小人物。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Oh, look. We've just passed a totem pole. The Native art collection can't be far away.
- 嘿, 看, 我們剛經過了一個圖騰柱. 土著藝術品的展覽一定不會太遠了.
來自口語例句
- 3. Totem of Wrath - No longer requires points in Lightning Overload.
- 天怒圖騰 - 不需要閃電過載前置.
來自互聯網
- 4. The Ecosphere is a totem, a totem of all closed living systems.
- 生態球是一個圖騰, 一個屬于所有封閉的生命系統的圖騰.
來自互聯網
- 5. Totem A Totem is a special kind of Shaman ongoing ability.
- 圖騰:圖騰是個特別的薩滿“進行中”能力.
來自互聯網