exotic
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
美 /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/|[ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]|/ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/|/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
英文释义
名词 n.
- 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.
- An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
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Any exotic particle.
— Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
形容词 adj.
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
— an exotic appearance
- Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; Non-native to the ecosystem.
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Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; extraterrestial, alien
— exotic materials
- Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
- Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
- Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
- Unusual to keep or undomesticated.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).
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