totemic [təu'temik]  

totemic

totemic  [təu'temik]

adj. 图腾的 

Xiaogang has an almost totemic significance. 小岗村几乎算是一个图腾。
How could the ultimate scientist have been seemingly hornswoggled by a totemic psuedoscience like alchemy, which in its commonest rendering is described as the desire to transform lead into gold? 一个终极科学家怎么会看上去像是被炼金术这种图腾伪科学所迷惑,而对这种伪学科最常见的描述是把铅变成黄金的欲望?

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  • adj. 图腾的
  • 1. Xiaogang has an almost totemic significance.

    小岗村几乎算是一个图腾。

  • 2. How could the ultimate scientist have been seemingly hornswoggled by a totemic psuedoscience like alchemy, which in its commonest rendering is described as the desire to transform lead into gold?

    一个终极科学家怎么会看上去像是被炼金术这种图腾伪科学所迷惑,而对这种伪学科最常见的描述是把铅变成黄金的欲望?

  • 3. In Paul's narrative, the hero is theConstitution -- a totemic symbol representing the Founding Fathers.

    在保罗的概念里,英雄就是宪法——代表国父们的图腾象征。

  • totemic (adj.) 1846, from totem + -ic.
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