| 单词 | theme |
| 释义 | theme —themeless, adj. /theem/, n., adj., v., themed, theming. n. 1. a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. 2. a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art. 3. a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition. 4. Music. a. a principal melodic subject in a musical composition. b. a short melodic subject from which variations are developed. 5. Gram. the element common to all or most of the forms of an inflectional paradigm, often consisting of a root with certain formative elements or modifications. Cf. stem1 (def. 16). 6. Ling. topic (def. 4). 7. Also, thema. an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire. adj. 8. having a unifying theme: a theme restaurant decorated like a spaceship. v.t. 9. to provide with a theme. [1250-1300; ME teme, theme ( < OF teme) < ML thema, L < Gk théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down] Syn. 1. thesis, text. See subject. 3. paper. |
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