| 单词 | expletive |
| 释义 | expletive —expletively, adv. /ek"spli tiv/, n. 1. an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath. 2. a syllable, word, or phrase serving to fill out. 3. Gram. a word considered as regularly filling the syntactic position of another, as it in It is his duty to go, or there in There is nothing here. adj. 4. Also, expletory /ek"spli tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/. added merely to fill out a sentence or line, give emphasis, etc.: Expletive remarks padded the speech. [1600-10; < LL expletivus serving to fill out, equiv. to L explet(us) filled, filled up (ptp. of explere; see EXPLEMENT) + -ivus -IVE] |
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