plot — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Danh từ

1. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   storyline

   Ví dụ

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.

2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   parcel

3. A grave.

   Ví dụ

   He's buried in the family plot.

4. A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.

5. A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.

6. A synopsis of a literary work.

7. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   scheme

   Ví dụ

   I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.

8. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   conspiracyintriguemachinationscheme

   Ví dụ

   The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   I have o'erheard a plot of death.

   O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!

9. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

   Ví dụ

   a man of much plot

10. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

    Ví dụ

    And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.

11. A plan; a purpose.

    Từ đồng nghĩa

    design

    Ví dụ

    no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

12. Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

    Cách dùng

    • euphemistic
    • tiếng lóng

    Ví dụ

    Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.

Động từ

1. To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ
   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

2. To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

3. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Danh từ

1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   secret plangame

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   schemestrategy

   Ví dụ

   they concocted a plot to discredit the governor

   I saw through his little game from the start

2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   plot of landplot of groundpatch

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   tractpiece of landpiece of groundparcel of landparcel

   Ví dụ

   a bean plot

   a cabbage patch

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   a briar patch

3. the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   story

   Ví dụ

   the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal

4. a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   chartgraph

Động từ

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   plan

   Ví dụ

   They plotted the overthrow of the government

2. make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   diagram

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   draw

3. make a plot of

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   plat

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   map

   Ví dụ

   Plat the town

4. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   planprojectcontrivedesign

   Ví dụ

   the writer is plotting a new novel