0 a tall wooden pole with symbols cut or painted on it that is part of the tradition of the Native Americans of the west coast of Canada and the northern US -- （加拿大、美国北部西海岸美洲土著人的）图腾柱
Women of low-ranking lineages, for example, are also found at the bottom of the ritual totem pole, occasionally with dramatic negative consequences.
I am worried that we are dancing round objective 1 status like a totem pole.
It is as though they needed a sort of totem pole around which to dance this ritual dance.
It has been a totem pole: protect the pound at all costs.
There is always one totem pole that must be saved.
It is a bit of a symbolic question—it is a bit of a totem pole question.
The public sector borrowing requirement is not a totem pole.
It suggested that we should not make a totem pole of the public sector borrowing requirement.
