ex·ple·tive

noun

/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/

/ˈeksplətɪv/

(formal)

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，低声嘟哝了几句脏话。
- ‘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[脏话删除]（=当你在报告某人所说的话时删除粗鲁的词时使用）？”
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.

单词	expletive
释义	ex·ple·tive noun /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ /ˈeksplətɪv/ (formal) 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，低声嘟哝了几句脏话。 ‘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[脏话删除]（=当你在报告某人所说的话时删除粗鲁的词时使用）？” 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.
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