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
- If you'll indulge for a moment my rhyming motif.
如果你们迁就一下我押韵的主旨。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - That wonderful light/ darkness motif.
那个美妙的光与黑暗的主题。 - Love is an eternal motif in art and literature.
爱情是文学艺术中的永恒主题。 - 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