exotic

adjective
🔊/ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/
🔊/ɪɡˈzɑːtɪk/
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  1. from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it seems to be connected with foreign countries来自异国(尤指热带国家)的;奇异的;异国情调的;异国风味的
    • brightly-coloured exotic flowers/plants/birds色彩鲜艳的异国花卉/植物/鸟儿
    • She travels to all kinds of exotic locations all over the world.她走遍了全世界所有具有奇异风情的地方。🔊🔊
    • The fruits sound exotic. Do they taste good?水果听起来很异国情调。他们尝起来好吗?
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExotic is used with these nouns:
    • animal
    • beast
    • beauty
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.