Indies
英['indiz]
美
- n. 印度地方，西印度群島
英文詞源
- Indies
- 1550s, plural of Indie, Indy, from Middle English Ynde (early 13c.) "India," from the Old French form of Latin India (see India). Commonly applied to Asia and the East, later applied to the Caribbean basin, in a time of geographical confusion, which was distinguished from Asia proper by being called the West Indies.
雙語例句
- 1. Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies' great cricketers.
- 韋斯·霍爾曾經是西印度群島偉大的板球運動員之一。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. England v West Indies
- 英格蘭隊對西印度群島隊
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The West Indies have staged a dramatic fightback on the first day of the fifth test.
- 西印度群島隊在第五場板球對抗賽的第一個比賽日發起了一次戲劇性的反攻。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He aims to follow Columbus's voyage to the West Indies.
- 他打算重走哥倫布到達西印度群島的航行路線。
來自辭典例句
- 5. And when the TUOLOMEE left for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too.
- 等到托洛美號啟程前往西印度群島和巴巴平海岸的時候,蓋茨比也走了.
來自英漢文學 - 蓋茨比