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BNC: 23042 COCA: 16119

expletive

noun
/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
/ˈeksplətɪv/
(formal)
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  1. a word, especially a rude word, that you use when you are angry, or in pain(愤怒或痛苦时用的)秽语,咒骂语,感叹语 synonym swear word
    • He dropped the book on his foot and muttered several expletives under his breath.他把书放在脚上,低声咒骂了几句。
    • ‘Why don't you just [expletive deleted] (= used when you edit out a rude word when reporting what somebody has said)?’“你为什么不直接[咒骂语删除]?
    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.
BNC: 23042 COCA: 16119
BNC: 23042 COCA: 16119
BNC: 23042 COCA: 16119
expletive

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