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Exotic N Ig'zɔtik A.珍奇的;来自异国的 英 Adj.珍奇的(Striking Ly Unusual);来自异国的(Not

单词 exotic
音标 [ig'zɔtik]
解释 a.珍奇的;来自异国的
红宝书 【英】 adj.珍奇的(striking ly unusual);来自异国的(not native; foreign)
【考】 反义词:endemic(地 方的); indigenous(本土的); mundane(世俗的)
【记】 exo(外面)+tic→外面 来的
【例】 exotic bird species. warm, exotic evenings in the tropics.
字源 exotic (adj.)
1590s, "belonging to another country," from Middle French exotique (16c.) and directly from Latin exoticus, from Greek exotikos "foreign," literally "from the outside," from exo "outside" (see exo-). Sense of "unusual, strange" first recorded in English 1620s, from notion of "alien, outlandish." In reference to strip-teasers and dancing girls, it is first attested by 1942, American English.
Exotic dancer in the nightclub trade means a girl who goes through a few motions while wearing as few clothes as the cops will allow in the city where she is working ... ["Life," May 5, 1947]
As a noun from 1640s.
不择手段背单词 adj. 珍奇的, 奇异的 = fantastic; 来自外国的 = foreign; 脱衣舞的; n 脱衣舞娘
【记】ex外面-外面来的-奇异的; 脱衣舞的
【反】endemic(adj 地方的; n 地方病); indigenous(adj 本土的); mundane(adj 平凡的; 世俗的)
趣味全助记 【记】esoteric 的反意,esoteric是internal的变体,exoteric是external 的变体;ex 出 + outer
【相关】esoteric 神秘的,深奥的

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