expletive

n.

感叹词，咒骂语；

复数：expletives

1. It is a "damned human race"in a not merely expletive sense.
   那是“倒霉的人类”，这样说并非只是感叹的意思。

1. Every other word was an expletive.
   每其它词都是填充词。
2. He uttered several vigorous expletives when he dropped the iron on his foot.
   他的熨斗掉下砸在脚上，他随口骂了几声。

Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language
Expletive Noun Phrases in Subcategorized Positions
English Expletive Constructions Are Not Infected
Expletive Negation, Negative Concord and Feature Checking
Prosodic Structure and Expletive Infixation
Prosodic structure and expletive infixation
Agreement and Control in Expletive Constructions
Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages By Sten Vikner
On the Extended Projection Principle and null expletive subjects : Probus
Scandinavian Stylistic Fronting: How Any Category Can Become an Expletive