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  1. 1a/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/ · /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/異國風情的

    unusual and interesting because it comes from, or feels like it comes from, a foreign country.

    「exotic」是英文裡帶讚賞味道的「異國風情」：東西看起來特別、有趣，因為它跟外國／遠方有關。常見搭配像 exotic birds、exotic flowers、exotic food、exotic destinations。比 foreign 多一層「新奇、吸引人」的感覺——foreign 多半只說「來自外國」，exotic 則像在說「好特別、好有味道」。核心畫面可以想成「從外面來、看起來特別又有趣」。

    示範例句 · Example

    At the bird park, Mei saw bright exotic birds from many countries.

    中文翻譯在鳥園，美看到明亮的異國風情的鳥從許多國家。

    常見搭配

    • exotic birds / flowers / plants

      異國風情的鳥／花／植物

      birds, flowers, or plants that seem unusual and interesting because they are from another country

      The greenhouse is full of exotic plants.

    • exotic food / fruit

      異國風味的食物／水果

      food or fruit that seems unusual and interesting because it is from a foreign country

      The shop sells exotic fruit from Southeast Asia.

    • an exotic destination / place

      充滿異國風情的目的地／地方

      a faraway place that feels exciting because it is different from home

      Nepal is an exotic destination for many travellers.

    • an exotic pet / animal

      異國寵物／動物

      a pet or animal from a foreign country that is not seen very often

      Very few exotic animals make good pets.

    • exotic perfume

      異國情調的香水／香味

      a smell that seems unusual and interesting because it feels foreign

      The dancer left a trail of exotic perfume in the air.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Greek ἐξωτικός 'foreign', literally 'from the outside'.

借自法文 exotique，源自希臘文 exōtikos，字面是「從外面來」。

Wiktionary

Picture a fruit you have never seen before on a market stall, or music with instruments you cannot name. The word describes the pull of something far away — but notice it describes the viewer's position as much as the thing itself: mangoes are exotic in Norway and completely ordinary in Taiwan.

可以想成：市場攤子上一種你沒見過的水果，或是用不出名字的樂器演奏的音樂。這個字講的是「來自遠方」帶來的吸引力——但要注意，它描述的其實是「看的人站在哪裡」，而不只是東西本身：芒果在挪威是 exotic，在台灣就只是水果。用在人身上時容易顯得把對方當成新奇的東西看，多數場合改用具體的說法會更貼切。

同家族的字

more exotic most exotic

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

exoticadj/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

  • 1

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

    • an exotic appearance
    • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  • 2

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

  • 3

    Foreign, especially in an exciting way.

    • exotic materials
  • 4

    businessfinanceBeing or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

  • 5

    gamblinggamesBeing or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.

  • 6

    biologymedicinenatural-sciencesDenoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare

  • 7

    Unusual to keep or undomesticated.

exoticnoun/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

  • 1

    An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.

  • 2

    A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner.

    • There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.
  • 3

    An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.

  • 4

    natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsAny exotic particle.

    • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。