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/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/ · /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
unusual and interesting because it comes from, or feels like it comes from, a foreign country.
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比較級 more exotic最高級 most exotic
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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…更多收起
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。原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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/
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
- an exotic appearance
- Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
- exotic materials
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businessfinanceBeing or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
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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.
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biologymedicinenatural-sciencesDenoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
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Unusual to keep or undomesticated.
exoticnoun/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
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An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species.
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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.
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An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsAny exotic particle.
- Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。