Counterplotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From counter- +‎ plot.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkaʊn.tə.plɒt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkaʊn.tɚ.plɑt/

名詞

counterplot (plural counterplots)

1. A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.

上位語

• plot

動詞

counterplot (third-person singular simple present counterplots, present participle counterplotting, simple past and past participle counterplotted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
   • 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque:

     Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VI, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:

     […] for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him.

派生語