| 单词 | leitmotif |
| 释义 | leitmotif (once / 104596 pages) n If you notice the subject of freedom coming up again and again in a book you're reading for English class, you can impress your teacher by calling it a leitmotif, or a theme that recurs. The noun leitmotif is most useful for talking about music, and it usually comes up in the context of classical music, whenever a particular phrase or tune is repeated. The word comes from the German Leitmotiv, which literally means "lead motif," or "guiding motif." Though leitmotif makes music experts think of Wagner's operas when they hear it, it's been around at least since Mozart's time. WORD FAMILYleitmotif: leitmotifs USAGE EXAMPLESThe first entry in the series looks at leitmotifs in the score for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Foreign Correspondent.” The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) Through the scores for the seven films of the Jedi saga, the composer John Williams wove the same leitmotif. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) Every character in "Rebel" has a Wagnerian leitmotif. Los Angeles Times(Nov 15, 2016) n a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) Syn|Hyper leitmotiv air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
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