motif 详细解释

motif

[məu'ti:f]

n.（音乐的）动机,主题, 意念, 装饰图案

n.[C]

1. (文学、艺术作品的)主题, 中心思想

This opera contains a love motif.

这出歌剧有个爱情主题。

2. (服装设计等的)基本图案, 基调

a flower motif in wallpaper

壁纸的一种花朵图案

3. 动机, 主旨

the profit motif

赢利的动机

词形变化

形容词比较级: mothier | 形容词最高级: mothiest |

词义辨析

同义参见:

theme  thread  

英英释义

名词 motif:

a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors

a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

同义词：motive

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

同义词：theme

补充

motifmotif英:[məuˈti:f] 美:[moˈtif]n.1.(文艺作品等的)主题, 中心思想; 基本模式2.基本图案, 基本色彩

例句

1. There were white curtains with red motifs on them.这里过去曾有红色图案点缀的白色窗帘。 2. a rose motif玫瑰花主题图案 3. A motif that runs through the play is Hedda's hair.贯穿剧情的主线是赫达的头发。 4. The motif of these volumes is that 'solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty'.这些篇章的主旨是“独处是内心世界充实的表现, 而孤独是内心世界贫乏的表现”。 5. the colourful hand-painted motifs which adorn narrowboats.运河船上色彩鲜艳的手绘装饰图案。 6. the prison motif in Little Dorrit.《小杜丽特》故事中的监狱主线。 7. The wallpaper has a flower motif.这款壁纸的图案是鲜花。

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