英语词汇“thematics”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

theme /thēm/

noun

A subject set or proposed for discussion, or spoken or written about

A recurrent idea in literature or art

Subject, a short melody developed with variations or otherwise (music)

The stem of a word without its inflections

A thesis, a brief essay or exercise

A ground for action

An administrative division of the Byzantine empire

adjective

Planned around or having a certain subject

transitive verb

To decorate or equip (a pub, restaurant, etc) in keeping with a certain subject, eg seafaring or the Wild West

ORIGIN: Gr thema, -atos, from root of tithenai to place, set; partly through OFr tesme

thēˈma (or /themˈə/) noun (pl themˈata)

A theme

thematic /thi-matˈik/ adjective

Of or relating to a theme
(of philately) concerned with collection of sets showing flowers, or birds, etc
(of a vowel) not forming part of the root of a word, nor part of any inflection or suffix (as the vowel o in cytoplasm)
(of a word) forming the major constituent of a sentence (linguistics)

noun

A thematic vowel

thematˈically adverb

themedˈ adjective

Having or planned around a single unifying subject or theme

themeˈless adjective

thematic catalogue noun (music)

A catalogue giving the names, etc of works and also their opening themes

theme park noun

A large area with displays, fairground, rides, etc, all devoted to or based on one subject

theme song or theme tune noun

A melody that is repeated often in a musical drama, film, or radio or television series, and is associated with a certain character, idea, emotion, etc
A signature tune
A person's characteristic, often repeated, complaint, etc