tomato surprise

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plot twist in which the reader or viewer is suddenly made aware of an important fundamental detail that changes the whole perspective of the story.
    — […] stories are written in the "tomato surprise" format: that is, the author saves the stunning surprise until the very last line of the story. It wasn't even a good technique when Verdi used it in Il Trovatore.

词形变化

tomato surprises plural
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