/?to?.t??m/anobjectthat isrespectedby agroupofpeople,especiallyforreligiousreasons:(尤指出于宗教原因的)图腾Television could beseenas a totem ofmodernsociety.电视可以被视为现代社会的图腾。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesReligious objects
/?to?·t??m/anobjectthat is asymbolfor agroupofpeople:Theythoughtof him as a good-luck totem.(Definition oftotemfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/totem##