plot
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 小块土地，地区图，图，阴谋，情节
- vt.
- 划分，绘图，密谋
- vi.
- 密谋，策划
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8.
Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
- An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
- A grave.
- A ground plan, map; a nautical chart