denouement
/deɪˈnuːmɒŋ,(us) deɪˈnuːmɔːŋ/noun
1- the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved(戏剧、小说或叙述的)收场, 结局。
1.1
- the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear(一系列事件的)高潮; 结果:
I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement.
我在第18球穴区等着看结局。
词源
mid 18th cent.: French dénouement, from dénouer 'unknot'.