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.
实用例句
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.
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5. Totem A Totem is a special kind of Shaman ongoing ability.
