unspool, subplot. whose respective families’ rivalries and friendships unspool over nearly 450 provocative, subplot-mad pages.

 

On Beauty

Zadie Smith 2005

Consider it a bold reinvention of “Howards End,” or take Smith’s sprawling third novel as its own golden thing: a tale of two professors — one proudly liberal, the other staunchly right-wing — whose respective families’ rivalries and friendships unspool over nearly 450 provocative, subplot-mad pages.

Subplot Definition & Meaning

Merriam-Webster

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1. a subordinate plot in fiction or drama 2. a subdivision of an experimental plot of land Examples of subplot in a Sentence

A subplot can be a single scene, but they can and typically tend to consist of multiple scenes spread throughout the main plot. So let's say ...

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小說或戲劇中的從屬情節 2. 土地實驗地塊的細分 句子中的次情節範例

unspool

/ʌnˈspuːl/

verb

1. unwind or cause to unwind from or as if from a spool.

   "he unspooled the tape from the casing"

   • (of a film) be screened.
   • screen (a film).

解線軸

/ʌnˈspuːl/

動詞

從線軸上鬆開或導致從線軸上鬆開或好像從線軸上鬆開。

“他把膠帶從外殼上解開”

（電影）放映。

螢幕（電影）。

論美麗

扎迪史密斯 2005

可以將其視為《霍華德莊園》的大膽改造，或者將史密斯龐大的第三部小說視為自己的黃金之物：講述了兩位教授的故事——一位自豪的自由派，另一位堅定的右翼——??他們各自家庭的競爭和友誼幾乎在近乎展開的故事中展開。