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

• 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。
• This color-sensitive inventiveness leads to a variation of repetitions of form and motifs.
  此颜色敏感的发明导致了变化重复的形式和图案。
• In large-scale installations and gunpowder drawings, Cai relies increasingly on ferocious and heroic animal motifs.
  在大型的装置和火药画中，他越来越依赖凶猛和英勇的动物图像。
• 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。
• Indeed, the artist has extended his interest in philosophy by developing his own conceptual and visual vocabulary, motifs which he finds central to western philosophy.
  通过发展自己的概念词汇和视觉词汇&那些他认为对西方哲学最为重要的主题，他延伸了对哲学的兴趣和关注。
• The classification of strand-loop-strand motifs in proteins
  蛋白质中strand-loop-strand模体的分类
• 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。
• The exterior is engraved and applied with platinum-mounted rose-diamond motifs and the egg sits on a detachable rock-crystal base.
  内部刻有精美的冰晶雕刻，外部则镶有白金，上面嵌着玫瑰形钻石。彩蛋摆放在一个可以拆卸的水晶底座上。
• Archetypal criticism refers to the investigation and analysis of archetypal and mythical narrative patterns, character types, themes and motifs in literature and their recurrence in literature.
  原型批评指的是对文学中原型的与神话的叙事模式、人物类型、主题与母题，或是对这些因素在文学中的复现进行的研究分析。
• 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。