Counterplotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From counter- +‎ plot.

発音

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

名詞

counterplot (複数形 counterplots)

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

上位語

• plot

動詞

counterplot (三人称単数 現在形 counterplots, 現在分詞 counterplotting, 過去形および過去分詞形 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, volume (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.