| 释义 |
plot1 /plot/ noun- A small piece of ground
- A spot or small area on any surface (obsolete)
- A ground plan of a building, plan of a field, etc
- The story or scheme of connected events running through a play, novel, etc
- A secret scheme, usu made in combination with others, to bring about something, often illegal or evil, a conspiracy
- A stratagem or secret contrivance
transitive verb (plottˈing; plottˈed)- To lay out in plots, dispose
- To make a plan of
- To create the plot of (a play, etc)
- To represent on or by a graph
- To conspire or lay plans for
intransitive verb To conspire ORIGIN: OE plot a patch of ground; influenced by (or partly from) Fr complot a conspiracy; cf plat2 plotˈful adjective plotˈless adjective plottˈer noun plottˈing noun and adjective plottˈingly adverb plotˈ-proof adjective Safe from any danger by plots plottˈing-paper noun Paper ruled in squares for graph-drawing lose the plot (informal) - To be at a loss, lose one's way
- To lose one's temper
- To become insane
the plot thickens The situation is becoming more complicated |