totem
/ˈtəʊtəm/noun
- a natural object or animal that is believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and that is adopted by it as an emblem图腾（被特定社会认为具有精神意义并以之为标志的物体或动物）。
派生词
totemic
/təʊˈtemɪk/ adjectivetotemism
nountotemist
nountotemistic
adjective词源
mid 18th cent.: from Ojibwa nindoodem 'my totem'.