motif• The second level, that of poetic or dreamsymbolism, is inherent in all folk-tales, traditions and motifs of regeneration.• The use of these various processes may have provided the vehicles for the transmission of decorativemotifs, by copying.• She was wearing a plain white T-shirt with a fishmotif in blue and green.• Sylvia chose a set of china with a floralmotif.• Such an interpretation is probably possible, but two of the majormotifs of Walden argue against it.• Between these two mosaics, however, there are few obvioussimilarities of motif.• In this case we find a classic call-refusal motif.• Who, what, when, why, and how, the reportorial motif?• an action movie with a revengemotif• Tolkien however used the play for both more and less than motifs.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MOTIFADJECTIVE➤central, dominant中心主題;主導基調◇Alienation is a central motif in her novels.疏離感是她小說的一個中心主題。➤recurring反複出現的主題➤visual視覺主題➤simple簡單的圖案◇The rug was decorated with a simple flower motif.小地毯上裝飾着簡單的花朵圖案。➤decorative, ornamental裝飾性圖案➤fish, flower, etc.魚、花等圖案◇The jacket has a rose motif on the collar.這件夾克衫領子上有一朵玫瑰花的圖案。➤floral花卉圖案VERB + MOTIF➤be decorated with, have飾有⋯圖案;有⋯圖案