motif

pronunciation

UK [məʊˈtiːf]word uk audio image

US [moʊˈtiːf] word us audio image

  • n.
    (文艺作品等的)主题
    (音乐的)乐旨,动机
    基本图案

Word Origin

motif 主旨,动机,装饰图案

来自motive的法语拼写形式。

Example

1. Last summer , the city asked a design agency to come up with ways to incorporate a serpent motif .
去年夏季,香港要求一家设计公司想办法纳入蛇的主题。
2. The hotel 's other motif is the white fabric in which sofas and chairs come wrapped .
酒店的其它设计基调为白色面料,沙发和椅子都以它们来包裹。
3. Indeed plane crashes ( like his father , salem died in one in 1988 ) provide a constant motif running through the story .
毫无疑问,撞机事件(正如他父亲塞伦于1988年的飞机失事中去世那样)成了整个故事恒定不变的主题。
4. My motif is old album covers -- there were two , but one frame broke . Now there 's just one on the wall , notcentered .
我的主题是旧的相册封面---有两个,但是一个坏了,现在只有一个在墙上了,不在中央。
5. Centered on a drum motif that elicits the opening ceremonies in the beijing opening ceremony four years ago , users compete with others online to hit chinese-style drums scattered throughout the levels .
新游戏以鼓为主题,暗仿四年前北京奥运会的开幕式,用户和其他人联网比赛,击打散见于各关的中式鼓。

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