expletive

noun

/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/

/ˈeksplətɪv/

(formal)

jump to other results

a word, especially a rude word, that you use when you are angry, or in pain synonym swear word
- He dropped the book on his foot and muttered several expletives under his breath.
- ‘Why don't you just [expletive deleted] (= used when you edit out a rude word when reporting what somebody has said)?’
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin expletivus, from explere ‘fill out’, from ex- ‘out’ + plere ‘fill’. The noun sense ‘word used merely to fill out a sentence’ (early 17th cent.) was applied specifically to a swear word in the early 19th cent.

单词	expletive
释义	expletive noun /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ /ˈeksplətɪv/ (formal) jump to other results a word, especially a rude word, that you use when you are angry, or in pain synonym swear word He dropped the book on his foot and muttered several expletives under his breath. ‘Why don't you just [expletive deleted] (= used when you edit out a rude word when reporting what somebody has said)?’ Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin expletivus, from explere ‘fill out’, from ex- ‘out’ + plere ‘fill’. The noun sense ‘word used merely to fill out a sentence’ (early 17th cent.) was applied specifically to a swear word in the early 19th cent.
随便看	drop-by drop cloth drop-cloth drop curtain drop-curtain drop-dead drop-down menu drop-down-menu drop goal drop-goal drop handlebars drop-handlebars drop in drop-in drop-in_1 drop-in centre drop-in-centre drop in on drop-in-on drop into drop-into drop kick drop-kick drop-kick_1 drop-kick_2