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

• Motifs presented are not clues in solving Fang's paintings, as vagueness itself is deliberately the fundamental metaphor.
  方力钧没有替画作提供主题，因为他有意令内容含糊用作根本性的比喻。
• 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。
• This sequel to Mandino's1967 self-help classic features the same amalgam of biblical motifs and secular values as its predecessor.
  本续集曼狄诺1967自助典型特征相同汞合金圣经图案与世俗价值观，其前身。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Overseas buyers usually buy Persian-style carpets from these countries and buy carpets with Chinese traditional motifs in China.
  海外旅游者通常从哪些国家买波斯风格的地毯而中国买中国传统风格的地毯。
• 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。