Word · Frequency #16837
plotter
密谋者；策划者
a person who schemes
- 1.
A person who plots.
密谋者；策划者。
- 2.
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
制定个人行动计划的人
- 3.
An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
用笔在纸上绘制图表和图像的输出设备。
- 4.
a clerk who marks data on a chart
在图表上标记数据的职员
- 5.
An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
用于在海图上标定或查找船位的仪器。
- 6.
a member of a conspiracy
阴谋集团成员
密谋者；策划者。；制定个人行动计划的人；用笔在纸上绘制图表和图像的输出设备。；在图表上标记数据的职员；用于在海图上标定或查找船位的仪器。
In use
The police arrested the plotter before he could carry out his plan.
In the story, the main character discovers that her quiet neighbor is the real plotter.
The plotters met in secret to discuss their next move.
a plotter of [something]
此义指人，多含贬义；指设备时是“绘图仪”。
The police arrested a plotter of the failed coup.
警方逮捕了策划未遂政变的人。
the plotter behind [something]
She was the plotter behind the scheme.
她是这个阴谋的幕后策划者。
a plotter who [verb]
Connections
Collocations
- coup plotter
- 政变策划者
- The coup plotters were arrested before they could take power.政变策划者在夺取政权之前就被逮捕了。
- alleged plotter
- 涉嫌的策划者
- The alleged plotter denied any involvement in the fraud.这名涉嫌的策划者否认参与这起欺诈案。
- graph plotter
- 图形绘图仪
- A graph plotter draws detailed charts from computer data.图形绘图仪根据电脑数据绘制详细图表。
- pen plotter
- 笔式绘图仪
- The pen plotter uses colored pens to create diagrams.笔式绘图仪用彩色笔绘制图表。
- cutting plotter
- 切割绘图仪
- The cutting plotter cuts vinyl precisely for the shop signs.切割绘图仪精确地切割用于店铺标牌的乙烯基材料。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象plotter在密室里摊开一张plot（阴谋/图纸）——它既指密谋者、策划者，也指把图线标绘出来的绘图仪。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、historical accounts、political discussion 表示“密谋者/策划者”时，plotter 多用于新闻报道、历史叙述或政治讨论，语气比较正式、偏书面；日常口语中较少见，更常用 conspirator。它常指参与秘密计划或阴谋的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -otter 结尾，在美式英语中与 plotter 押韵，读作 /ɑtɚ/。注意：platter /ˈplætɚ/ 和 plodder /ˈplɑdɚ/ 拼写相似但读音不同；plot /plɑt/ 没有末尾的 /ɚ/，也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.