plotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /plɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /plɑt/
• 韻: -ɒt

名詞

plot (複数形 plots)

1. (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]

   Synonym: storyline

   • c. 1725, Alexander Pope, View of the Epic Poem:

     If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.

2. An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]

   Synonym: parcel

3. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
   • 2017, Mark Chambers; Tony Holmes, Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units, page 32:

     I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.

5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]

   Synonyms: conspiracy, scheme

   The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.

   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:

     I have o'erheard a plot of death.

   • 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:

     O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!

6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
   • a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland

     a man of much plot

7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.

8. A plan; a purpose.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

     no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

9. (Various fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).

   I'm not sure what's happening in that show, I mainly watch it for the plot.

派生語

動詞

plot (三人称単数 現在形 plots, 現在分詞 plotting, 過去形および過去分詞形 plotted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph または diagram).

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall:

     This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

同意語

• (contrive): becast
• (conceive a crime, etc): scheme
• (an area of land): lot

派生語

• replot

1. En

アナグラム

• OLTP, PTOL, lopt, polt