theme

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
    — "Had not you once a beautiful daughter, named Mary?" said the stranger. "It is a heartrending question, man," said Andrew; "but certes, I had once a beloved daughter named Mary." "What became of her?" asked the stranger. Andrew shook his head, turned round, and began to move away; it was a theme that his heart could not brook.
  2. A recurring idea; a motif.; A concept with multiple instantiations.
    — variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
  3. A recurring idea; a motif.; Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
    — switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power
  4. An essay written for school. dated
    — Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
  5. The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
  6. A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
  7. An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
  8. The stem of a word.
  9. Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
  10. Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
  11. Topic, what is generally being talked about.
  12. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
动词 v.
  1. To give a theme to. transitive
    — We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
  2. To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software). transitive

词形变化

themes plural themes present,singular,third-person theming participle,present themed participle,past themed past

词汇关系

衍生词
countertheme deuterothematic deuterotheme dithematic minitheme monothematic polythematic prototheme retheme subtheme themeable themeless themelet themer
相关词
thema thematic thematisation thematise theme music theme park theme song theme tune

词源

词源 1
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
词源 2
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
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