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

• 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。
• 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
• In terms of art, It's I guess, an old motif about presence and variations.
  依照艺术而言，这是偶猜的，是一个关于存在和变化的一个旧主题。
• A key element in montage, sound plays a vital role in motif reinforcement and characterization.
  声音是电影蒙太奇的一个重要元素，对于强化电影的主题和塑造人物形象有十分重要的作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
  整个乐章自始至终都贯穿着这样一个简单的主题。
• 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。
• There are a number of extant copper red vessels with impressed or incised motif.
  有许多现存的铜红容器或切割的印象的主旨。
• If you'll indulge for a moment my rhyming motif.
  如果你们迁就一下我押韵的主旨。