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单词 motif
释义
motif
(moʊtf )
Word forms: motifs
1. countable noun
A motif is a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.
...a rose motif.
2. countable noun
A motif is a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.
Shipwrecks are a recurring motif in her writings.
Collocations:
bird motif
It can be printed to a specific colour and size with its bird motif positioned to suit the room and wall furniture.
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After considering several themes including a lion and a dinosaur, a bird motif was finally settled upon.
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Plants and bird motifs are a speciality.
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As well as abstract designs, she used bird motifs derived from her vivid watercolours.
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Bird motifs were common, ranging from the stylized heads of raptors to ducks.
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familiar motif
He liked to return to a familiar motif, which allowed him to be free of having to find a 'reason' or 'meaning' for each work.
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It was also a familiar motif in emblem books and tombs.
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Just as a mockingbird borrows its song, and a jazz musician riffs on familiar motifs, so templates and formulae are the bedrock of literary creativity.
The Times Literary Supplement
So we reach for familiar motifs, and a high heel will for ever be on that list.
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By combining symbolism with optical illusions and estranging yet familiar motifs, he creates his own visual language.
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musical motif
And who could top that five-note musical motif for an otherworldly message?
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Fragments of personal history are swapped back and forth, each time with variations, like a recurring musical motif.
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The second period peaks with his development into a metamorphic technique, one where a musical motif undergoes repeated transformations.
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But it would be possible to take means like harmonization, modulation, rhythm, instrumentation and others in order to let a musical motif endure a fate.
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The instrumental accompaniment to the song serves as a musical motif that alters in tone depending on the action.
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repeated motif
With a large ensemble, the piece opens perkily with a sporty tone: a repeated motif has dancers bouncing up and down on the spot.
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For any other film franchise the sequence would be unremarkable, but the series has so many repeated motifs that it has become its own genre.
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The warp pattern designs are characterized by their supplementary warp floating technique that forms bands of repeated motifs on ground.
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signature motif
The band members' signature motif was putting on their glasses at the beginning of each concert.
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This signature motif has been shown to mediate interactions between nuclear receptors and their co-regulators.
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He had his signature motifs, but he was also very versatile.
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The whale became a later signature motif.
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Each would be identifiable by the signature motifs of their designers, but were essentially simple spaces, designed around a central kitchen hub where people could drink tea and talk.
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visual motif
When we eventually find the appropriate visual motif, we have to research its history so that we know what tradition we are working in.
Christianity Today
The mask recurs not only as a visual motif, but as a symbol of the social being, and in particular the artist.
The Times Literary Supplement
A black, green, or purple question mark serves as his visual motif.
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Its visual motifs are used in for the project's publicity photos and videos.
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Translations:
Chinese: 图案用作装饰的
Japanese: モティーフ
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