- 1副線劇情、支線（相對於主線 main plot）；新聞或體育報導中也指大事件裡的小看點
A smaller story running inside the main story. In a novel, film, or TV series, the subplot follows some of the same characters (or a few side ones) through their own set of events, while the main plot carries the weight. A detective film's main plot is catching the killer; the subplot might be the detective's failing marriage. Good subplots are not decoration — they usually comment on the main story, giving the theme a second angle, and they often join up with the main plot near the end. Notice the countable grammar: a subplot, two subplots, the romantic subplot. It is a normal word for anyone who talks about stories — students, , fans online — so it is not stiff or academic, though you will not use it about your own day. People do stretch it beyond fiction: news writers say the wage dispute was an interesting subplot to the election, meaning a smaller storyline inside a bigger event. Sport commentary loves this use. There is a rare verb *to subplot*, but you can safely ignore it.
組成sub- 'under, below, lesser' + plot 'the events of a story'. Same prefix pattern as subgroup, subheading, subcommittee: a smaller one inside a bigger one.
同家族的字
- subheadingsame sub- 'lesser one inside a bigger one'
- subcommitteesame pattern — a smaller committee inside a larger one
- subwaysame sub- 'under'
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
subplotnoun/ˈsʌb.plɒt/
- 1
A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot.
- 1978, R.B. Lee & R. Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer, Subplot, a story line enclosed within the principal story to provide relief from the main plot's tension, add character dimension, etc.
- Structurally, the two most variant scenes (outside of Scene ii) are Scenes 3 and 4 in which the compiler works out the variant subplot.
- 2
A subdivision of a plot of land, especially one used for an agricultural experiment.
- [...] on sixteen 8/10-acre plots (12.8 acres) well distributed over the area. [...] A 1/160-acre subplot was established in a randomly chosen corner of each [...]
- 1999, E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar, Christian Cossalter, Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forest, There are 72 trees in each plot (6x12) and 36 trees in each subplot.
subplotverb/ˈsʌb.plɒt/
- 1
To provide (a story) with a subplot.
- In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。