exotic
英[?g'z?t?k;eg-]
美[?ɡ'zɑt?k]
- adj. 異國的；外來的；異國情調的
助記提示
1. exotic <===> outlandish. 構詞原理及其含義差不多。
中文詞源
exotic 外來的，異國的
exot-, 外面，來自ex-. 即外來的，異國的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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死亡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. the exotic blooms of the orchid
- 奇異的蘭花
來自《權威詞典》