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

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
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。
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。
There are a number of extant copper red vessels with impressed or incised motif.
有许多现存的铜红容器或切割的印象的主旨。
This opera contains a love motif.
这出歌剧有个爱情主题。
If you'll indulge for a moment my rhyming motif.
如果你们迁就一下我押韵的主旨。
That wonderful light/ darkness motif.
那个美妙的光与黑暗的主题。
Reliablity and validity are eternal motif of language testing.
信度与效度是语言测试永恒的主题。
Pattern is the major decoration on blue and white porcelain, the motif is noticeable on porcelain.
纹饰是青花瓷器最主要的装饰，主题纹饰因占据瓷器最重要显眼的位置更加引人注目。
This "coiled coil" wrapping motif is common in biology, particularly in signaling proteins.
这种“卷曲螺旋”包装模式在生物学中常见，尤其是在信号蛋白中。