exotic

英 [ɪɡˈzɒt.ɪk]      美 [ɪɡˈzɑː.t̬ɪk]
  • adj. 异国的;外来的;异国情调的
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1. exotic outlandish. 构词原理及其含义差不多。
exotic 外来的,异国的

exot-, 外面,来自ex-. 即外来的,异国的。

exotic (adj.)
1590s, "belonging to another country," from Middle French exotique (16c.) and directly from Latin exoticus, from Greek exotikos "foreign," literally "from the outside," from exo "outside" (see exo-). Sense of "unusual, strange" in English first recorded 1620s, from notion of "alien, outlandish." In reference to strip-teasers and dancing girls, it is attested by 1942, American English.
Exotic dancer in the nightclub trade means a girl who goes through a few motions while wearing as few clothes as the cops will allow in the city where she is working ... ["Life," May 5, 1947]
As a noun from 1640s, "anything of foreign origin," originally plants.
1. He sent a basket of exotic fruit and a card.
他送了一篮子异域水果和一张卡片。
2. Consumers are increasingly interested in the authentically exotic tastes.
消费者对于真正的异国风味越来越情有独钟。
3. A smuggling racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year.
走私活动每年都会导致数千只珍奇鸟类死亡。
4. He took frequent junkets with friends to exotic locales.
他经常和朋友们到一些具有异国情调的地方公款游玩。
5. the exotic blooms of the orchid
奇异的兰花

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