totem

1. N-COUNT In some societies, a family's totem is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard as a special symbol and which they believe has spiritual significance. 圖騰

2. N-COUNT Something that is a totem of another thing is a symbol of it. 標(biāo)志[書麪] [oft N 'of' n]

This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilization. 這部歌劇是西方文明的文化標(biāo)志之一。