英语词汇“expletive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	expletive
释义	ex·ple·tive I. \ˈeksplə]d.iv, ]tiv, chiefly Brit ekˈsplē] or ikˈs-\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin expletivus, from Latin expletus (past participle of explēre to fill, from ex- ex- (I) + plēre to fill) + -ivus -ive; akin to Latin plenus full — more at full 1. a. : serving to fill up or added to fill out < expletive phrases … to plump his speech — Isaac Barrow > b. of a word : used as a grammatical subject or grammatical object 2. : marked by the use of expletives < resigned his post in a letter of great expletive violence — F.M.Ford > II. noun (-s) 1. a. : a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense < while expletives their feeble aid do join and ten low words oft creep in one dull line — Alexander Pope > especially : an expletive word (as it in “it is easy to say so” or it in “make it clear which you prefer”) b. : an exclamatory word or phrase; especially : one that is obscene or profane < wrote with chalk on the steps and doors the old four-letter Anglo-Saxon expletives — Shelby Foote > 2. : one that serves as a filler or is added as a filling < a gooseberry tart with other ornamental expletives of the same kind — Richard Graves > < he is a sort of expletive at the table serving to stop gaps — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
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