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exoticness

/ig-zot-ik/US // ɪgˈzɒt ɪk //UK // (ɪɡˈzɒtɪk) //

异国情调,异国风情,异域风情,异国情怀

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized: exotic foods; exotic plants.
    • : strikingly unusual or strange in effect or appearance: an exotic hairstyle.
    • : of a uniquely new or experimental nature: exotic weapons.
    • : of, relating to, or involving stripteasing: the exotic clubs where strippers are featured.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is exotic: The flower show included several tropical exotics with showy blooms.
    • : an exotic dancer; a striptease dancer or belly dancer.

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Examples

  • Just five years in, some scientists are already eager for something even more exotic.

  • The ETCR rulebook is much less restrictive, and as a result, the Veloster N ETCR is a much more exotic thing, with not one but four electric motors paired up so that each rear wheel is powered by a pair of motors.

  • Some of its residents are more exotic—the Big Iron in all its massive forms, from Z-series to Superdome and all points in between.

  • Scientists have finally gotten a clear view of the spark that sets off an exotic type of lightning called a blue jet.

  • In the future, McCauley expects Anchorage to bring in more money from what are now exotic services like “staking” and “governance.”

  • The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.

  • While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.

  • Europeans seem to find them exotic, an odd case of culture-envy in reverse.

  • Los Angeles was wonderfully exotic; a polyglot mix of Aztec, Incan, Mayan and New World scents and sounds.

  • Hollywood, too, became enraptured by the exotic abyss of Stanleyville.

  • Her eyes were cool green with an exotic lift at the outer extremities of the lids.

  • Near the church a public garden has lately been formed, and some curious exotic trees placed there with great success.

  • This is enough to make the San Franciscan an exotic, and it contributes in a great measure to his fatal content.

  • With his evasive singularity was mingled a certain exotic odour like the distant perfume of a country well loved of the sun.

  • Already, the exotic multiplied sensations had become translated into the bent of his imagination.