资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

D'enouement \D['e]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d['e]nouement, fr.
   d['e]nouer to untie; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie,
   fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]
   1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe,
      especially of a drama or a romance.

   2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.