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
1. wallpaper with a flower motif
  有鲜花图案的墙纸
（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

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”。

noun

a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonym:motive
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
1. it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
Synonym:theme
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonym:motive

The performances are always given with an explicit motif.
这些演出经常有一个明确的主题。
This opera contains a love motif.
这出歌剧有个爱情主题。
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。
In terms of art, It's I guess, an old motif about presence and variations.
依照艺术而言，这是偶猜的，是一个关于存在和变化的一个旧主题。
I chose myself and keep the motif "I". It's as simple as that.
我选择自己，不断地把“我”这个母题持续下去，就这么简单。
That wonderful light/ darkness motif.
那个美妙的光与黑暗的主题。
A key element in montage, sound plays a vital role in motif reinforcement and characterization.
声音是电影蒙太奇的一个重要元素，对于强化电影的主题和塑造人物形象有十分重要的作用。
He then stencilled the ceiling with a moon and stars motif.
他随后用模版在天花板上印上了月亮和繁星图案。
One side shows off mirror gun metal calfskin embossed with a motif evoking the facets of cut crystal.
一面镜子炫耀枪金属压花小牛皮与序引起了方方面面的水晶。
If you'll indulge for a moment my rhyming motif.
如果你们迁就一下我押韵的主旨。