exotic

異国風の、エキゾチックな

遠い土地から来ていて、珍しく魅力的に感じられる。

やさしい英語で： From a faraway place and seeming unusual, interesting, or exciting.

• The market sells exotic fruit.
• They dreamed of visiting exotic islands.
• The room smelled of exotic spices.

反対語： familiar

よく使う表現： exotic fruit, exotic flowers, exotic destination

外来の

別の地域から来た、その環境には本来いない動植物の。

やさしい英語で： A plant or animal that comes from another area and does not naturally live in this environment.

• This exotic plant came from Asia.
• Exotic species can threaten local wildlife.
• Several exotic fish now live in the lake.

類義語： non-native, introduced

反対語： native, indigenous

よく使う表現： exotic species, exotic plants, exotic animals

地球外の

地球以外の場所から来た。

やさしい英語で： Coming from somewhere beyond Earth.

• The story describes exotic life from another planet.
• Scientists examined exotic material brought back from space.
• The spacecraft carried a sample of exotic rock.

類義語： extraterrestrial, alien

反対語： terrestrial

よく使う表現： exotic materials, exotic life, exotic origin

エキゾチック粒子

物理学で研究される、構造や性質が普通と異なる粒子。

やさしい英語で： A particle with an unusual structure or properties, studied in physics.

• The detector may have found an exotic.
• Physicists study exotics to understand how quarks interact.
• The team compared the exotic with ordinary particles.

類義語： exotic particle

よく使う表現： an exotic, detect an exotic, a possible exotic