名词（文艺作品等的）主题; （音乐的）乐旨，动机; 基本图案

名词

1. This opera contains a love motif.
这出歌剧有个爱情主题。

1. 模体：简介 模体(Motif)是指序列中局部的保守区域,或者是一组序列中共有的一小段序列模式. 更多的时候是指有可能具有分子功能、结构性质或家族成员相关的任何序列模式. 分布 在蛋白质、DNA、RNA序列中都存在.

1. (作为装饰的)图形，图式
A motif is a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.

e.g. ...a rose motif.
玫瑰图案

2. 主题;中心思想
A motif is a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.

e.g. 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”。

七彩网·英语单词

noun

1. a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

Synonym: motive

2. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

e.g. it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

Synonym: theme

3. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

Synonym: motive