英语释义

1. the islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic and comprising the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas

2. former country including all of the British West Indies except the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands Note: The West Indies Federation was established in 1958 and was dissolved in 1961.

片语

West Indies cricket teamThe West Indian cricket team, also known as the West Indies or, colloquially, the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencie

west indies architecture西印度群鸟建筑

British West Indies英属西印度群岛

the East West Indies东

West Indies Alumina Co铝业公司

French West Indies法属西印度群岛

West indies and England最喜欢的运动团队

University of West Indies西印度大学

West Indies Federation西印度群岛联邦

英汉例句

• the giant caribbean anemone (condylactis gigantean) is commonly found in the inner reefs and lagoons of the west indies and the western atlantic.

  巨型加勒比海葵(菊花海葵)广泛分布在西印度群岛及大西洋西部的内巖礁以及泄湖。

• some of the barbary corsairs sailed to the west indies and set up a pirate base on the island of haiti.

  一些巴巴里海盗前往拉丁美洲的西印度群岛，并在海地岛上建立海盗基地。

• the spaniards found the natives in the west indies using the tobacco plant. they took seed to europe where its use soon spread to other countries around the mediterranean sea.

  西班牙人发现西印度群岛的土着居民种植烟草，就把种子带到了欧洲，很快，烟草种植就在地中海附近的国家传播开来。

• 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。

• 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。