expletive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/    美 /ˈɛksplətɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
    — If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
  2. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  3. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
  4. An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
    — No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.
  2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

词形变化

more expletive comparative most expletive superlative expletives plural

词汇关系

衍生词
expletive infixation expletively expletiveness sexpletive expletive deleted syntactic expletive
相关词
explicative

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).
词源 2
From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).
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