motif
	英 [məʊ'tiːf]
美[mo'tif]
	    
    英英释意
	
	- 1. a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors
- 2. a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
- 3. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
- "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"