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。
• 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。
• Reliablity and validity are eternal motif of language testing.
  信度与效度是语言测试永恒的主题。
• 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。
• If you'll indulge for a moment my rhyming motif.
  如果你们迁就一下我押韵的主旨。
• 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。
• Love is an eternal motif in art and literature.
  爱情是文学艺术中的永恒主题。
• He says this is the motif of a grand symphony.
  他说这就是盛大的交响曲的主旨。
• Just through the above-mentioned sarcastic-retort narration, the novelette can further present the motif distinctly.
  小说正是通过以上几个方面的反讽叙述来进一步凸现了主题。
• 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。