exotic

adj. 异国的；外来的；异国情调的

中文词源

exotic 外来的，异国的

exot-, 外面，来自ex-. 即外来的，异国的。

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" in English first recorded 1620s, from notion of "alien, outlandish." In reference to strip-teasers and dancing girls, it is 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, "anything of foreign origin," originally plants.

1. exotic <===> outlandish. 构词原理及其含义差不多。

2. Consumers are increasingly interested in the authentically exotic tastes.: 消费者对于真正的异国风味越来越情有独钟。

3. A smuggling racket is killing thousands of exotic birds each year.: 走私活动每年都会导致数千只珍奇鸟类死亡。

4. He took frequent junkets with friends to exotic locales.: 他经常和朋友们到一些具有异国情调的地方公款游玩。