motifs

英 [məʊˈtiːfs]

美 [moʊˈtifs]

n.  装饰图案; 装饰图形; (文学作品或音乐的)主题， 主旨， 动机
motif的复数

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”。

双语例句

• Later covers are slicker and racier near naked women, gleaming guns and glimmering diamonds are popular motifs.
  后来的封面更是风度翩翩，挑逗性的近乎赤裸的女郎，闪光的枪支和闪烁的钻石成了流行的主题。
• In which the motifs of decoration are borrowed from flora and fauna.
  在该图案的装饰都是借来的，由动植物。
• They were also displayed in the geometric patterns used in many temple motifs.
  很多庙宇的图形也展示出几何图案。
• The passage and chamber stones are also richly engraved with spiral, lozenge and zigzag motifs.
  走廊和内厅的石头上也被刻上了丰富的螺旋形、菱形和锯齿形的图案。
• Bold patterns based upon cultural themes and motifs.
  建立在文化主题和格调基础之上的大胆式样。
• The elegant decorative motifs and certain figural elements reveal a Western influence.
  典雅的装饰图案和某些人物的内容揭示了西方的影响。
• Nature, national traditions and national myths are three of Seamus Heaney's most important motifs.
  自然、民族传统与民族神话是爱尔兰诗人谢默斯。希尼最重要的主题。
• Willeke isolates and processes his motifs in a complex procedure of transfer and selection.
  威勒克利用复杂的转换和选择程序将他的主题隔离和加工。
• One limitation of examining rock art is the survivability and deterioration of the motifs over time.
  研究岩石艺术的限制之一便是经历时间洗礼这些作品的可延续性和受到的风化。
• 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。