| 释义 |
expletory, a.|ˈɛksplɪtərɪ|
[as if ad. L. type *explētōrius, f. explēre: see explete v.]
Serving to fill up; = expletive A.
1679Burnet Hist. Ref. I. iii. 243 An expletory word. 1797Brit. Critic Feb. 171 Dr. Garden is so fond of this expletory embellishment. 1823Lamb Elia (1860) 31 With the expletory yell, ‘and I will, too.’ 1853Whewell tr. Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis II. ii. §3 In punishment the justice which is exercised is expletory justice [L. justitia expletrix]. |