Motif

[məʊ'tiːf] or [mo'tif]

解释:

(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--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Motive.

编辑:韦德

解释:

n. an old form of motive: a theme or ground for intellectual action or a leading subject in a dramatic work: in a musical composition the principal subject on which the movement is constructed.

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