subplot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌb.plɒt/    美 /ˈsʌb.plɑt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
    — 1978, R.B. Lee & R. Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer, Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc.
  2. A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.
    — [...] on sixteen 8/10-acre plots (12.8 acres) well distributed over the area. [...] A 1/160-acre subplot was established in a randomly chosen corner of each [...]
动词 v.
  1. To provide (a story) with a subplot. transitive
    — In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever.

词形变化

subplots plural subplots present,singular,third-person subplotting participle,present subplotted participle,past subplotted past

词汇关系

近义词
underplot

词源

词源 1
From sub- + plot.
词源 2
From sub- + plot.
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