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
- 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。 - 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。 - The performances are always given with an explicit motif.
这些演出经常有一个明确的主题。 - 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。 - This opera contains a love motif.
这出歌剧有个爱情主题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He says this is the motif of a grand symphony.
他说这就是盛大的交响曲的主旨。 - 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。