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

This opera contains a love motif.
这出歌剧有个爱情主题。
Study on Multiple Sequence Alignment and Motif Discovering in Bioinformatics
生物信息学中的多序列比对与模体识别问题研究
The copper red was either washed over the motif or the motif reserved with red background.
要么是铜红冲上来主题主题或保留与红色的背景。
Reading Suicide& An Analysis of the Death Motif in The Golden Notebook
解读自杀&《金色笔记》中的死亡主题研究
Wallpaper that had a motif of motorbikes and crash-helmets.
印有摩托车和防护头盔图形的墙纸。
Reliablity and validity are eternal motif of language testing.
信度与效度是语言测试永恒的主题。
Just through the above-mentioned sarcastic-retort narration, the novelette can further present the motif distinctly.
小说正是通过以上几个方面的反讽叙述来进一步凸现了主题。
Toolkits include Qt, GTK+ and Motif.
工具包包括Qt、GTK+和Motif。
The performances are always given with an explicit motif.
这些演出经常有一个明确的主题。
The motif of betrayal and loss is crucial in all these stories.
背叛和痛苦的主题在所有这些故事中是极重要的。