West Indies
美 [ˌwest 'ɪndɪz] 
英 [ˌwest 'ɪndɪz]
- n.西印度群岛（位于加勒比海和大西洋之间，包括安的列斯群岛和巴哈马群岛）
- 网络西印度洋群岛；维尔克群岛；西印度群岛队
英汉双解
1. | 西印度群岛（位于加勒比海和大西洋之间，包括安的列斯群岛和巴哈马群岛）several groups of islands between the Caribbean and the Atlantic, that include the Antilles and the Bahamas |
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Indians were sent out to become contract laborers on Malaya's rubber plantations, or to work as indentured serv-ants in the West Indies.
印度人作为合同劳工被派遣到马来半岛的橡胶种植园，或者到西印度群岛做契约佣工。
Divers and fish hover over the remains of a ship that broke up on one of the many shallow reefs around the Cayman Islands, West Indies.
水下沉船残骸图片。潜水员和鱼类徘徊在一艘遗骸的船舶解体之上，在其中的许多浅层岛礁周围，开曼群岛，西印度群岛。
Later buccaneers from the West Indies began to sail the waters of the Caribbean Sea and stole from any ship that they found.
后来，西印度群岛的海盗前往加勒比海域，从所有他们发现的船只中进行劫掠活动。
His mother was the daughter of French Huguenots who had settled in the West Indies. Her name was Rachel Lavien.
他的母亲是已经迁移到西印度群岛的法国雨格诺教徒的女儿，她的名字叫雷切尔。莱温。
He spends the winter in the West Indies and summer in England, commuting back and forth like the migrating swallows.
他在西印度群岛过冬天，在英国过夏天象定期移栖的燕子一般固定来回。
Since then, he, as a member of the British Navy, was involved in the French West Indies fleet operations.
其后，他作为英国海军的一员，参与了在西印度群岛对法国舰队的作战。
'You want somebody to send to the West Indies, you were saying, ' observed Mr Dombey, hurriedly.
“您刚才说，您要派一个人到西印度群岛去，”董贝先生急忙说道。
Pumpkin had been raised by the Indians centuries before Columbus reached the west Indies. They had baked it with honey.
早在哥伦布到达西印度群岛之前的几个世纪里，印第安人就已在种植南瓜了，他们把蜂蜜加在上面烘烤着吃。
an island state in the West Indies; an independent state within the British Commonwealth.
位于西印度向风群岛的一岛国；英联邦中的一个独立国家。
The couple have taken their three sons plus a nanny and bodyguards to an island in the British West Indies.
这对夫妻已采取加一保姆，并在英国西印度群岛岛国保镖他们的三个儿子。
A patient who died in the UK from Strongyloides infection, which he had contracted in the West Indies, is described.
病人谁死在英国从粪感染，这是他合同在西印度群岛，描述。
Alexander Hamilton, truly a remarkable young man, was penniless and family-less when he immigrated to New York in 1772 from the West Indies.
1772年，当真正的奇才亚历山大•汉密尔顿从西印度群岛移居纽约的时候，他还是一个身无分文、无家可归的年轻人。
Photo of the Day: Best of March 2008 A rainbow arcs over trees blooming on a hillside in the West Indies island of Dominica.
2008年3月最好的每日一图。一个弧形的彩虹越过开花的树木在一个山坡上位于西印度群岛的多米尼加。
He came to the West Indies when he was very young and plundered the Spanish settlements of Puerto del Principe, Puerto Bello, and Maracaibo.
当他很年轻时他来到西印度群岛，并洗劫了普林西比岛港、贝勒港和马拉开波（地名，委内瑞拉第二大城市）等西班牙的殖民地。
The British West Indies, or the Bahamas, are a portion of same that may be seen in the present.
英国的西印度群岛，或巴哈马群岛，同样是一部分，目前就可被看到。
Around 90% of the alcohol consumed by the American colonies was British rum, imported from the West Indies .
在美国殖民地，人们喝的大约90%的酒都是从西印度群岛进口的英国朗姆酒。
Admiring friends offered to carry him at their own cost to the Yellowstone River, --to the West Indies, --to South America.
他喜爱的朋友要自己花钱带他去黄石河----去西印第安人居住地----去南美。
The British and other Europeans who went out to the West Indies to get rich usually died first.
走出家门去西印度群岛想发财致富的英国人和别的欧洲人通常会在那先死掉。
An island of the U. S. Virgin Islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico.
西印度群岛中美属维尔京群岛中的一岛，位于波多黎各东部。
A country of the West Indies comprising the western part of the island of Hispaniola and two offshore islands.
位于西印度群岛的一个国家，由伊斯帕尼尔奥拉群岛的西部和两个近海岛屿组成。
popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar.
起源于西印度群岛的一种流行乐曲；用吉它演奏的弱音处即兴重复的低音。
I went down to Ramsgate for a week with a friend last September, just after my return from the West Indies.
去年9月——就在我刚从西印度群岛回来——我和一位朋友到拉姆斯盖特去了一个星期。
Why were recruitment centres set up in the West Indies in the 1950s?
50年代英国为什么会在西印度设立一些招聘中心？
On the outward voyage the ship will call in at the west indies.
在海外航行中，这艘轮船将在西印度群岛停靠。
Barbados is the easternmost of the West Indies in an island nation.
巴巴多斯是位于西印度群岛最东端的一个岛国。
An arm of the western Atlantic Ocean bounded by the coasts of Central and South America and the West Indies .
大西洋西部一海湾，被中南美洲和西印度群岛环绕。
the West Indies and southern Europe were important trading partners, especially as markets for American exports.
而西印度群岛和南欧是重要的贸易伙伴，尤其是作为美国出口商品的市场。
Paper birds festoon a street during the Santiago de Cuba carnaval, in Cuba, the largest island in the West Indies.
图为西印度群岛中最大的岛国古巴，在圣地亚哥狂欢节期间，挂满纸鹤的街道。
I was young and easily impressed, so when I saw her in the West Indies, beautiful and elegantly dressed, I thought I loved her.
我当时年轻，很容易被迷住，所以当我在西印度群岛见到漂亮而又着装优雅的伯莎时，我以为我爱她。
silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.
产于北美洲和西印度群岛有黑色斑点的银色鳉科鱼；着重用于控制蚊子生长。
A country in the Windward Islands of the West Indies comprising the island of Grenada and the southern Grenadines.
位于西印度向风群岛的一国家，由格林纳达岛和格林纳丁斯群岛南部组成。
Peppercorns are the dried berries of Piper nigrum, grown in the West Indies, Sumatra, and other eastern countries.
胡椒子是生长在西印度群岛、门塔腊岛和其它东方国家的黑胡椒属的干浆果。
Interesting to note: I recently learnt of a species of oyster, in the West Indies that can climb (mangrove) trees!
有趣的是：最近我听说一个西印度群岛一种牡蛎，可以攀登（红树林）的树木。
Photo Gallery: Coral Reefs Orange cup coral clusters on a pier piling on Bonaire Island in the West Indies.
橙色杯状的珊瑚丛生在一个码头打桩的地方，在博内尔岛位于西印度群岛。
I review authors from any African countries, French West Indies or in diasporas, black literature at large.
我主要回顾黑人文学，包括非洲各国、法属西印度群岛或侨居国外的作家。
The capital of Barbados, in the West Indies. It was founded by the British in1628. Population, 7, 466.
布里奇顿西印度群岛的巴巴多斯的首府。由英国人于1628年建立。人口7,466。
Pimento (commonly called allspice) is the ground fruit of Eugenia pimenta, grown in Jamaica and the West Indies .
甘椒（常叫作多香果粉）是甘椒丁香属植物果研磨而成。生长在牙买加和西印度群岛。
After the expedition reached the West Indies, many of the men deserted.
远征队到达西印度群岛后，很多队员当了逃兵。
A country of the southeast West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean off northeast Venezuela.
特立尼达和多巴哥：西印度群岛东南部的一个国家，位于委内瑞拉东北部的大西洋上。
In and around Mexico and the West Indies nature's swarms are astonishing for their scale and their variety.
在墨西哥和西印度群岛生物群的规模颇为惊人也颇具多样性。
