underplot — 영어 사전

명사

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

   예문

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

   더 많은 예문 (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.

동사

1. To form secret schemes or plots.

   용법

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