| 单词 | theme |
| 释义 | theme (once / 248 pages) 1nv 2n A theme can be an underlying topic of a discussion or a recurring idea in an artistic work. Anxiety about getting married is a big theme in romantic comedies. From ancient Greek thema (via Latin and French) we get this word, whose many related uses all have to do with the idea of "the main subject of something." In music, it can be a recurring melody in a composition, or an entire song throughout a play or film (a theme song). It can also describe the decor of a setting: "The amusement park had a Wild West theme." WORD FAMILYtheme: thematic, themed, themes, theming+/thematic: thematically, unthematic USAGE EXAMPLESThe theme of the Rose Parade that year was "Headlines in Flowers." Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) That’s sort of the theme for the Heat season so far. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The theme of falling is alive in South Africa. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the subject matter of a conversation or discussion his letters were always on the theme of love Syn|Hypo|Hyper subject, topic bone of contention the subject of a dispute precedenta subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) head, questionthe subject matter at issue keynotethe principal theme in a speech or literary work problema question raised for consideration or solution matter of fact, question of facta disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide matter of law, question of lawa disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 2n a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme Syn|Hypo|Hyper motif topos a traditional theme or motif or literary convention idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about 3n an essay (especially one written as an assignment) Syn|Hypo|Hyper composition, paper, report term paper a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term essay an analytic or interpretive literary composition 4n (music) melodic subject of a musical composition the theme is announced in the first measures Syn|Hypo|Hyper idea, melodic theme, musical theme motif, motive a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music statement(music) the presentation of a musical theme variationa repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished obbligato, obligatoa persistent but subordinate motif inversion(counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa augmentationthe statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) diminutionthe statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) partitaone of the variations contained in a partita air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence 5v provide with a particular theme or motive 2the restaurant often themes its menus Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to n (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Syn|Hyper base, radical, root, root word, stem descriptor, form, signifier, word form the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
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