motif 的定义
- a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- a distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc., in a design, as in a painting or on wallpaper.
- a dominant idea or feature: Pulmonary problems were a grim motif in his life.
- Biochemistry. a distinct pattern of amino acids in a function-specific protein sequence: No polyproline motif has been observed in these yeast proteins.
motif 近义词
central theme
更多motif例句
- Dorothy Draper, the mother of American interior design, was a master at mixing patterns, with her liberal use of motifs and colors.
- Floral motifs were the most popular, with herbs and vegetables forming intricate blooms.
- Naturally, this development is impacting advertising and one upshot is that brands are paying greater attention to the suites of sounds, voices and motifs that define how consumers “hear” the brand.
- The Upstate New Yorker’s prominent motifs include crystal-like patterns and sprays of rounded, tapered shapes that resemble both leaves and water drops.
- Wednesday’s event took place in front of a Richmond elementary school that McAuliffe used as a motif to discuss his plans to boost the state’s education system and address inequities in schools.
- The steady, entrancing rhythms are a well-established motif in dramatizations of the American war in Vietnam.
- After several weeks of shock and mourning, Hartley began a series of paintings known as the War Motif paintings.
- My understanding is that this artwork came first and was soon replaced with the “Sambo as a baby genie” motif.
- This motif has been a classic of anti-modernism for two centuries in Europe.
- Soth relates the garages to a repeating cube motif in the series.
- We must have motif first, then technique to adapt and adjust expression and to develop facility in the active agents.
- With this (class c) form of the story we frequently find combined what is known as The False Claimant ‘motif.’
- The bird motif occurs in the decoration of metallic objects in the British Islands during the early centuries in this era.
- It is not repoussé, but is cut in openwork of intricate pattern in which the Swastika is the principal motif.
- It seemed illogical, and evaded him, like a melody with a dimly familiar motif which he was unable to place or even fully recall.