totem /'tautam; 'totam/ n [C] natural object, esp an animal, considered, esp by N American Indians, to have a close connection with a family group. 圖騰(北美印第安人等原始民族認(rèn)為與其家族有密切關(guān)系的自然物，尤指動(dòng)物)。 '~Pole n one on which is carved or painted a series of ~s. 圖騰柱(刻有或繪有一系圖騰者)。