motif
n
1 decorative design or pattern 装饰的图案或式样
an eagle motif on the curtains 帷幕上的鹰的图案.
2 theme or idea that is repeated and developed in a work of music or literature (音乐的)乐旨, 动机; (文学的)主题.
You see, I put some soil in the box, sow the seed carefully like this, and then cover it with more soil.
你瞧,我在盒子里放些泥土,像这样小心地把种子播下,然后再用多一点儿的土盖住种子。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.