motif

英 [məʊˈtiːf]

美 [moʊˈtiːf]

n.  装饰图案; 装饰图形; (文学作品或音乐的)主题， 主旨， 动机

复数：motifs　

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Collins.1 / BNC.4889 / COCA.6546

牛津词典

noun

• 装饰图案；装饰图形
  a design or a pattern used as a decoration
  1. wallpaper with a flower motif
     有鲜花图案的墙纸
• （文学作品或音乐的）主题， 主旨， 动机
  a subject, an idea or a phrase that is repeated and developed in a work of literature or a piece of music

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (作为装饰的)图形，图式
  Amotifis a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.
  1. ...a rose motif.
     玫瑰图案
• N-COUNT 主题;中心思想
  Amotifis a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.
  1. The motif of these volumes is that 'solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty.'
     这几卷的主题是“孤独是灵魂的财富，寂寞是灵魂的贫瘠”。

英英释义

noun

• a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
  Synonym:motive
• a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
  1. it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
  Synonym:theme
• a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
  Synonym:motive

双语例句

• It is therefore curious that Fate is so little used as a tragic motif by old dramatists.
  然而，古代剧作者以天命为悲剧主题的作品却十分罕见，这就颇为奇怪。
• I chose myself and keep the motif "I". It's as simple as that.
  我选择自己，不断地把“我”这个母题持续下去，就这么简单。
• Love is an eternal motif in art and literature.
  爱情是文学艺术中的永恒主题。
• Wallpaper that had a motif of motorbikes and crash-helmets.
  印有摩托车和防护头盔图形的墙纸。
• Study on Multiple Sequence Alignment and Motif Discovering in Bioinformatics
  生物信息学中的多序列比对与模体识别问题研究
• The motif of the concert was also "Love lives in my family", including five chapters.
  音乐会的主题也是“爱住我家”，包括五个篇章。
• The cultural tolerance of this motif also reflects the rich connotation and the mutual complement of cultures in humanism as guiding ideology of the renaissance.
  这一母题的文化包容性反映出作为文艺复兴指导思想的人文主义之内涵的丰富性和文化互补性。
• The copper red was either washed over the motif or the motif reserved with red background.
  要么是铜红冲上来主题主题或保留与红色的背景。
• That wonderful light/ darkness motif.
  那个美妙的光与黑暗的主题。
• Three biblical and mythical motifs are embodied in Sula, namely the quest motif, the sacrificial scapegoat motif, and the rebirth motif.
  《秀拉》主要表现了三个圣经神话主题：追寻主题、替罪羊主题及再生主题。