Motif

(noun.) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration.

(noun.) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music.

编辑:洛娜

• The seventeenth century in Europe was the century of Louis XIV; he and French ascendancy and Versailles are the central motif of the story. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There were no really new _motifs_ in the composition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

校对:罗尼