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  1. 1aB2/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/ · /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/異國風情的

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

    示範例句 · Example

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

    逐字在鳥園，美看到明亮的異國風情的鳥從許多國家。

    「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」。

    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

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

比較級 more exotic最高級 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.

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