English Dictionary

expletive

/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/

adj

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant. / Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

The expletive words filled the air with tension.

意味（1）

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

No one entered more fully than Shakespeare into the character of this species of poetry, which admits of no expletive imagery, no merely ornamental line.

意味（2）

Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).