expletive

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a. 填补的, 多余的, 附加的, 补足的 n. 语助词, 虚词, 感叹词, 诅咒语, 咒骂语, 惊叹语, 填补物, 附加物

发音

UK /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
其它
US /ˈɛksplətɪv/

词形变化

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教材释义与例句

名词

填补物；咒骂语

形容词

附加的；填补的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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. 2.

    A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.

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  3. 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").

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  4. 4.

    An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).

adj.
  1. 1.

    Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

  2. 2.

    Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

curse oath swearing cuss curse word swear word

上位词 3

profanity vocalization utterance

相关短语

expletive deleted expletive infixation syntactic expletive

词源

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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