Aussprachen (2)
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/ˈmɑːplɒt/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- UK
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/ˈmɑɹplɑt/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- General-American
Substantiv
Synonym of spoilsport, one who ruins other's plans or enjoyment of something.
- Beispiele
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“The old marplot has discovered the baby,” Monica whispered. “I suppose it cried and woke him up, and now he thinks he's witness to a miracle.”
Weitere Beispiele (2)
Several classical texts relate that the mighty god Kung Kung (Common Work) [translating 共工 (Gònggōng)] plays the mythic role of the marplot, that is, one who seeks to destroy the cosmos.⁴¹ Chapter Three of Huai-nan Tzu [translating 淮南子 (Huáinánzǐ)], for example, narrates how the rebellious Kung Kung fought with the sky god Chuan Hsü [translating 顓頊 /颛顼] for world domination and in his titanic fury Kung Kung broke one of the supports that separated the sky from the earth.⁴²
Unthinking Anglo-Saxons regard him as a Gallic marplot, rather than the great twentieth-century statesman he was – certainly the greatest Frenchman since Napoleon.
Adjektiv
Ruining a plan, interfering, spoilsport.
Gebrauch- archaisch
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Let us argue the point with this pert, unruly, marplot conscience of mine…