| 单词 | plot line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplot line plot line n. (a) a line of dialogue which furthers the plot of a play, film, etc.; (b) = sense 6; (also) a single strand of a narrative or plot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot plat1589 plot1613 paper-plot1622 bone1647 intrigue1651 action1668 intrigo1672 fable1678 story1679 happy ending1748 storyline1906 plot line1907 1907 Chicago Sunday Tribune 12 May iii. 1/6 One of the old ‘don'ts’ of the stage, ‘Don't slight the plot lines’, is a rule worth keeping. 1910 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press 9 Feb. Even while the other characters were delivering plot lines he kept right on talking. 1961 W. P. Bowman & R. H. Ball Theatre Lang. 267 Plot line, usually in the plural: Dialogue essential to the unfolding of the plot of a dramatic piece. 1994 Time Off (Brisbane) 6 July 24/2 There are virtually three plotlines in Once a Catholic, as three girls endure rites of passage, [etc.]. 2003 N.Y. Times 28 Oct. c22/1 By the standards of sports docudramas, the plot line barely works. < as lemmas |
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