exotic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/    /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/|[ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk]|/ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/|/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. Any exotic particle.
    — Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
形容词 adj.
  1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
    — an exotic appearance
  2. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; Non-native to the ecosystem.
  3. Foreign, especially in an exciting way.; extraterrestial, alien
    — exotic materials
  4. Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  5. 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.
  6. Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare
  7. Unusual to keep or undomesticated.

词形变化

more exotic comparative most exotic superlative exotics plural

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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