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theme

英[θiːm] 美[θim]
  • n. 主题;主旋律;题目
  • adj. 以奇想主题布置的

英英释意


1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
"he didn't want to discuss that subject"
"it was a very sensitive topic"
"his letters were always on the theme of love"
2. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
"it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
3. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition;
"the theme is announced in the first measures"
"the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
4. an essay (especially one written as an assignment);
"he got an A on his composition"
5. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"