| gen. | вспомогательный герой или неодушевлённые предмет в книге или фильме, который нужен только для развития основного сюжета | mcguffin (an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot
Origin:
1930s: a Scottish surname, said to have been borrowed by the English film director Alfred Hitchcock, from a humorous story involving such a pivotal factor vogeler) |
