plot

1.[c][u]故事情节；布局the series of events that form the story of a novel, play, film/movie, etc.

3.[c]（专用的）小块土地a small piece of land that is used or intended for a special purpose

lose the plot

迷惘；不知所措to lose your ability to understand or deal with what is happening

the plot thickens

情况变得复杂起来used to say that a situation is becoming more complicated and difficult to understand

1.[i][t]密谋；暗中策划to make a secret plan to harm sb, especially a government or its leader

2.[t]~ sth (on sth)（在地图上）画出，标出to mark sth on a map, for example the position or course of sth

3.[t]~ sth (on sth)绘制（图表）to make a diagram or chart from some information

4.[t]~ sth (on sth)绘制（图表的曲线）to mark points on a graph and draw a line or curve connecting them

5.[t]~ sth（为小说、戏剧等）设计情节，布局to write the plot of a novel, play, etc.

1.(小说,戏剧等的)情节

2.阴谋(事件),策划

3.〈美〉地基;基址图;【军】标绘(图)

4.小块地,一块地;一块地上的作物

5.测算表

1.密谋,图谋;策划

2.绘(图);画(设计图)

3.区划(土地);划分

4.拟定(剧本等的)情节

5.把...记入(海图)

6.图谋,策划 (for against)

1.a series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc. A second, less important story in the same book or movie is called a subplot.

2.a secret plan to do something bad, made by two or more people

3.a piece of land used for a particular purpose, for example building a house or growing plants; a small piece of land in a cemetery where you are buried when you die

1.to make a secret plan with other people to do something bad; to secretly plan to do something

2.to mark on a map the way that a ship or airplane travels; to mark points on a graph

3.to invent the series of related events that make up the main story in a book, movie, etc.