Definition of "intrigue" in 英语

noun

1. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

2. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.

3. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.

verb

1. (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

2. (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.

3. (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.

4. (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.