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Definition of McGuffin in English: McGuffin(also MacGuffin) noun məˈɡʌfɪnməˈɡəfin An object or device in a film or a book which serves merely as a trigger for the plot. （电影或小说中触发故事情节的）麦加芬母题 the McGuffin in this intriguing comedy is an unpublished novel by a young writer killed in the war Example sentencesExamples - I named it after Alfred Hitchock's description of his plot device, a McGuffin, that every character in the story searches for believing it will solve their problem.
- So if the mystery plot is really just a McGuffin, what is Fuller really trying to accomplish by setting the story in this mental asylum?
- Both books feature a McGuffin, which is a term invented, I think, by Alfred Hitchock.
- And the reporter turns out to be a McGuffin, a possible problem that never manifests itself.
- Although this plot motivation is not much more than one of Hitchcock's famous McGuffins, it is a McGuffin that strongly hints at the U.S. government's illegal incursions into foreign parts of the globe.
- Seems to me like the blindness is a McGuffin, just brought up to generate suspense for that one sequence, then dropped as if the audience is just going to forget about it.
- Serleena seeks a McGuffin known as ‘the light,’ the details of which are fairly inconsequential - save that the Earth will be destroyed if it's not removed from the planet before the last five minutes of the movie.
- Truthfully, the translation aspect is a McGuffin, a way for Kelman to ease the reader into his language lab without realising it.
- A lot of science fiction writers just use the scientific element as a McGuffin, to make the plot go forward.
Origin1930s: a Scottish surname, coined in this sense by the English film director Alfred Hitchcock, allegedly from a humorous story involving such a pivotal factor. Definition of McGuffin in US English: McGuffin(also MacGuffin) nounməˈɡəfin An object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot. （电影或小说中触发故事情节的）麦加芬母题 the McGuffin in this intriguing comedy is an unpublished novel by a young writer killed in the war Example sentencesExamples - Truthfully, the translation aspect is a McGuffin, a way for Kelman to ease the reader into his language lab without realising it.
- Seems to me like the blindness is a McGuffin, just brought up to generate suspense for that one sequence, then dropped as if the audience is just going to forget about it.
- I named it after Alfred Hitchock's description of his plot device, a McGuffin, that every character in the story searches for believing it will solve their problem.
- Although this plot motivation is not much more than one of Hitchcock's famous McGuffins, it is a McGuffin that strongly hints at the U.S. government's illegal incursions into foreign parts of the globe.
- Serleena seeks a McGuffin known as ‘the light,’ the details of which are fairly inconsequential - save that the Earth will be destroyed if it's not removed from the planet before the last five minutes of the movie.
- A lot of science fiction writers just use the scientific element as a McGuffin, to make the plot go forward.
- And the reporter turns out to be a McGuffin, a possible problem that never manifests itself.
- So if the mystery plot is really just a McGuffin, what is Fuller really trying to accomplish by setting the story in this mental asylum?
- Both books feature a McGuffin, which is a term invented, I think, by Alfred Hitchock.
Origin1930s: a Scottish surname, coined in this sense by the English film director Alfred Hitchcock, allegedly from a humorous story involving such a pivotal factor. |