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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The performances are always given with an explicit motif.
  这些演出经常有一个明确的主题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Toolkits include Qt, GTK+ and Motif.
  工具包包括Qt、GTK+和Motif。
• This "coiled coil" wrapping motif is common in biology, particularly in signaling proteins.
  这种“卷曲螺旋”包装模式在生物学中常见，尤其是在信号蛋白中。
• 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。