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- originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country外（国）来的, （从国外）引进的; 具有异国情调的：
exotic birds
外来鸟
they loved to visit exotic places.
他们喜欢参观具有异国风情的地方。
1.1
- attractive or striking because colourful or out of the ordinary（因亮丽或奇特而）引人注目的, 吸引人的：
an exotic outfit
惹人注意的服装
as noun the exotic there was a touch of the exotic in her appearance.她的相貌有一点儿魅力。
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- of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered异类的, 奇特的：
exotic elementary particles as yet unknown to science.
科学界还不了解的基本异粒子。
- an exotic plant or animal引进的植物（或动物）外国种：
he planted exotics in the sheltered garden.
他在不受风雨侵袭的花园里种了引进植物。
派生词
exotically
adverbexoticism
noun词源
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek exōtikos 'foreign', from exō 'outside'.