outlandish

adj.奇异的;adj.外来的,异国的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
outlandish (adjective)
1.
of or relating to another country - foreign
2.
a) strikingly out of the ordinary - bizarre an outlandish costume
b) exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards
3.
remote from civilization strange
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
outlandish (adjective)
1.
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
SYNONYMS:
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky ( kookie), offbeat, off-kilter, off-the-wall, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum, screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky ( whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
RELATED WORDS:
aberrant, abnormal, addlepated, flaky; extraordinary, fantastic ( fantastical), freak, freakish, freaky, phantasmagoric ( phantasmagorical), phenomenal; atypical, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted; conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking; atrocious, outrageous, shocking; crotchety, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, nonmainstream, out-there, unconventional, unorthodox; baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling
NEAR ANTONYMS:
average, commonplace, everyday, garden, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday; conformist, conservative, conventional; expected, familiar, knee-jerk, predictable; common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted
outlandish (adjective)
2.
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
SYNONYMS:
bizarro, fantastic ( fantastical), glamorous ( glamourous), marvelous ( marvellous), outlandish, romantic, strange
RELATED WORDS:
colorful, picture-book, picturesque, quaint; alien, foreign; dark, distant, faraway, remote; alluring, captivating, enchanting, fascinating, magical
familiar, nonexotic, nonglamorous, plain-Jane, unexotic, unglamorous, unromantic
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