expletive
adjective · nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
Đồng nghĩa: expletory
- 2.
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
If we don't take advantage of any [expletive] in any way, then it's our loss.
Đồng nghĩa: swear word, bad word, oath
- 2.
(linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
- 3.
(linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
Đồng nghĩa: intensifier
- 4.
An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
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Nguồn gốc từ
From explētīvus (serving to fill out), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (fill out), itself from ex (out, completely) + *pleō (fill).