mascot
/ˈmæskət/noun
- a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization吉祥物：
the squadron's mascot was a young lion cub.
该中队的吉祥物是一头幼狮。
词源
late 19th cent.: from French mascotte, from modern Provençal mascotto, feminine diminutive of masco 'witch'.