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plotted

/plot/US // plɒt //UK // (plɒt) //

绘制的,绘图的,绘制了,谋划的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
    • : Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
    • : a small piece or area of ground: a garden plot; burial plot.
    • : a measured piece or parcel of land: a house on a two-acre plot.
    • : a plan, map, diagram, or other graphic representation, as of land, a building, etc.
    • : a list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture, etc.: According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left.
    • : a chart showing the course of a craft, as a ship or airplane.
    • : Artillery. a point or points located on a map or chart: target plot.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    plot·ted, plot·ting.

    • : to plan secretly, especially something hostile or evil: to plot mutiny.
    • : to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship or aircraft.
    • : to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.
    • : to divide into plots.
    • : to determine and mark, as on plotting paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.
    • : to draw by means of points so marked.
    • : to represent by means of such a curve.
    • : to devise or construct the plot of.
    • : to prepare a list, timetable, or scheme of, as for a play or motion picture: The stage manager hadn't plotted the set changes until one day before the dress rehearsal.
    • : to make by graph.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    plot·ted, plot·ting.

    • : to plan or scheme secretly; form a plot; conspire.
    • : to devise or develop a literary or dramatic plot.
    • : to be marked or located by means of measurements or coordinates, as on plotting paper.

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Examples

  • The end of Supernatural, however, was arguably much bigger than the resolution of its plot.

  • You also meet a curious, humorous robot — a mini Guardian who arrives early and becomes essential to the plot.

  • Everybody is nipped, tucked and artificially bronzed — and a crucial you-see-it-coming-and-can’t-wait plot point involves POTUS’s malfunctioning tanning bed.

  • “Deacon King Kong,” by James McBrideIn a housing project in 1960s Brooklyn, an elderly man shoots a drug dealer and sets a zany, fast-paced plot in motion.

  • Stay for the emotional beauty of their intimacy, plus a mystery plot that does not slow down.

  • And he was indicted in Israel last week on charges he plotted to blow up sites holy to Islam.

  • The show is as precisely plotted as a soap opera and beautifully lit; entirely, fatally addictive.

  • Then Cruz rounded up some of the far-right members of the House GOP caucus and plotted a revolt.

  • For Lyndon Johnson, it was the stealth escalation in Vietnam he plotted even as he ran as a peace candidate in 1964.

  • CA Gubernatorial Hopeful: My Opponent Plotted to Bring Sharia to U.S.

  • The deposed ruler plotted and planned all kinds of schemes whereby he might be restored to his old position of authority.

  • When he left the Bastille, he plotted with his willing mistress his revenge upon her father.

  • They helped themselves to a modest slice of Llanyglo earth, plotted it out with stakes and string, and then began to dig.

  • Then they grew so angry that they plotted to throw him overboard and take command of the vessels themselves.

  • Certainly he plotted against him, sending his son Nerli to Lucca with orders to trap Castruccio and imprison him; which was done.