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
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- wallpaper with a flower motif
有鲜花图案的墙纸
- wallpaper with a flower motif
- （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.- ...a rose motif.
玫瑰图案
- ...a rose motif.
- N-COUNT 主题;中心思想
Amotifis a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.- 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”。
- The motif of these volumes is that 'solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty.'
英英释义
noun
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
双语例句
- Without waiting for you to fully digest this paradox, the rolling images introduce a new scientific motif.
不等你还在咀嚼其中的悖论，滚动的画面又引出科技性的情节。 - He then stencilled the ceiling with a moon and stars motif.
他随后用模版在天花板上印上了月亮和繁星图案。 - 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。 - The performances are always given with an explicit motif.
这些演出经常有一个明确的主题。 - 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。 - Most of the known examples of the copper red were decorated with motif executed in pencilled style.
大多数的已知铜红的例子都装饰着主题式用铅笔画的风格。 - 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 - One side shows off mirror gun metal calfskin embossed with a motif evoking the facets of cut crystal.
一面镜子炫耀枪金属压花小牛皮与序引起了方方面面的水晶。 - Reading Suicide& An Analysis of the Death Motif in The Golden Notebook
解读自杀&《金色笔记》中的死亡主题研究 - 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。