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

• 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。
• Furniture made by ( or in the style of) Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Gothic motifs and massive rococo carvings.
  托马斯·齐本德尔设计（或此种风格的）家具；有着优雅的轮廓、哥特式图形和大量洛可可雕刻。
• These same Achaemenids also adopted Assyrian and Babylonian motifs for their monumental art, including the winged disc.
  同样是这些阿切曼尼人也采用了阿述和巴比伦的图案作为他们的纪念碑艺术，包括有翼的圆盘。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These cards were made of cloth and depicted motifs from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc.
  这些扑克是用布料制造，描述《罗摩衍那》、《摩诃婆罗多》等主题。
• 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。
• 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。
• The facade of the temple is exquisitely decorated with plaster mouldings and murals of auspicious motifs.
  庙宇正面饰有精致的灰塑及壁画，寓意吉祥。