expletive 音标拼音: ['ɛksplətɪv]
a . 填补的;多余的
填补的;多余的
expletive n 1 :
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger ;
"
expletives were deleted " [
synonym : {
curse }, {
curse word },
{
expletive }, {
oath }, {
swearing }, {
swearword }, {
cuss }]
2 :
a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line Expletive \
Ex "
ple *
tive \,
n .
A word ,
letter ,
or syllable not necessary to the sense ,
but inserted to fill a vacancy ;
an oath .
[
1913 Webster ]
While explectives their feeble aid to join ,
And ten low words oft creep in one dull line . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
Expletive \
Ex "
ple *
tive \,
a . [
L .
expletivus ,
from expletus ,
p .
p .
of explere to fill up ;
ex out plere to fill ,
akin to plenus full :
cf .
F .
expl ['
e ]
tif .
See {
Full }.]
Filling up ;
hence ,
added merely for the purpose of filling up ;
superfluous . "
Expletive imagery ." --
Hallam .
[
1913 Webster ]
Expletive phrases to plump his speech . --
Barrow .
[
1913 Webster ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expletive ":
battology ,
bedizenment ,
blurt ,
curse ,
cuss ,
cuss word ,
de trop ,
dirty name ,
dirty word ,
dispensable ,
duplication ,
duplication of effort ,
dysphemism ,
ecphonesis ,
ejaculation ,
embellishment ,
epithet ,
excess ,
exclamation ,
expendable ,
extravagance ,
fat ,
featherbedding ,
filler ,
filling ,
foul invective ,
frill ,
frills ,
frippery ,
gingerbread ,
gratuitous ,
in excess ,
iterative ,
luxury ,
macrology ,
naughty word ,
needless ,
needlessness ,
no -
no ,
nonessential ,
oath ,
obscenity ,
ornamentation ,
outburst ,
overadornment ,
overlap ,
padding ,
payroll padding ,
pleonasm ,
pleonastic ,
profane oath ,
prolix ,
prolixity ,
redundance ,
redundancy ,
redundant ,
reiterative ,
repetitious ,
spare ,
stammering ,
stuttering ,
supererogatory ,
superfluity ,
superfluous ,
superfluousness ,
swear ,
swearword ,
tautologic ,
tautological ,
tautologism ,
tautologous ,
tautology ,
to spare ,
uncalled -
for ,
unessential ,
unnecessariness ,
unnecessary ,
unneeded ,
verbose ,
verbosity ,
wordy
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