exotic

exotic
[ɪgˈzɒtɪk, ɛg-]
adjective
  1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country
    外（国）来的；非本国的；具有异国情调的
    exotic birds.
    外来鸟。
    they loved to visit exotic places.
    他们喜欢参观具有异国风情的地方。
    ■attractive or striking because colourful or out of the ordinary
    奇异的；异常迷人的
    an exotic outfit.
    奇异的服装。
    [as noun the exotic]there was a touch of the exotic in her appearance.
    她的相貌有一点儿特别。
    ■of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered
    异的
    exotic elementary particles as yet unknown to science.
    科学界还不了解的基本异粒子。
noun
  1. an exotic plant or animal
    外来植物；外来动物；外国种
    he planted exotics in the sheltered garden.
    他在搭有篷的花园里种下了外来植物。
派生
exotically
adverb
exoticism
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek exōtikos 'foreign', from exō 'outside'
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