Mascot(吉祥物)=动物?

dennis19790924

chicago 的第二道题是有关吉祥物的,我绞尽脑汁,总觉得用某种动物来代表一个建筑有点勉为其难.不知道选自然界其他东东可不可以,比如植物或是其他什么的.真是头痛!

funnytiger

not necessarily. Stanford's mascot is a tree.

Tiffiney

请教了单位的外国专家，他给的解释如下，希望能对你有启发。

Yes, a mascot is supposed to bring luck. Often it is used in colleges and even sports. For example, there is a football team called Detroit Lions. The team has a person who dresses in a lion suit; he is the mascot. Sometimes an animal is a mascot; a dog that supposedly brings good luck. The dictionary definition is a bit vague, but we use mascot when referring to a good luck charm for these such as teams or organizations. For an individual person, we call it a good luck charm. Yes, plants can be also. In fact, my college's sports mascot is a nut. A person dresses up in a nut costume.

dajiqi

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