filler
- IPA[ˈfɪlə]
英式
- a thing put in a space or container to fill it；a substance used for filling cracks or holes in a surface, especially before painting it
noun: filler, plural noun: fillers
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a thing put in a space or container to fill it these plants are attractive gap-fillers or ground cover
- ▪ a substance used for filling cracks or holes in a surface, especially before painting it wood filler
- ▪ material used to fill a cavity or increase bulk foam filler
- ▪ an item serving only to fill space or time in a newspaper, broadcast, or recording.
- ▪ a word or sound filling a pause in an utterance or conversation (e.g. er, well, you know).
- ▪ a linguistic unit that fills a particular slot in syntactic structure.
- 2. a person or thing that fills a space or container supermarket shelf-fillers
- 3. US the tobacco blend used in a cigar.
