• adj. 異國的；外來的；異國情調的

exot-, 外面，來自ex-. 即外來的，異國的。

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.

他送了一籃子異域水果和一張卡片。

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2. Consumers are increasingly interested in the authentically exotic tastes.

消費者對于真正的異國風味越來越情有獨鐘。

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3. A smuggling racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year.

走私活動每年都會導致數千只珍奇鳥類 亡。

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4. He took frequent junkets with friends to exotic locales.

他經常和朋友們到一些具有異國情調的地方公款游玩。

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5. the exotic blooms of the orchid

奇異的蘭花

來自《權威詞典》