macguffin

macguffin

美 　英

• 網絡麥高芬；麥加芬母題；麥格芬

詞形變化

復數：macguffins  

英漢解釋

n.	1. in a movie, play, or book, something that starts or drives the action of the plot but later turns out to be unimportant

例句

Another is that such a seemingly significant plot point as the identity of the invaders is actually as interchangeable as a MacGuffin.

另外，如此一個似乎很重要的情節問題——入侵者身份，竟然如麥高芬般可隨便置換。