underplot — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

   أمثلة

   I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'

2. A secret scheme or trick.

فعل

1. To form secret schemes or plots.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم