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Indies 英文词源
- 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.
Indies 双语例句
- 1. Wes Hall was once one of the West Indies' great cricketers.
- 韦斯·霍尔曾经是西印度群岛伟大的板球运动员之一。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. England v West Indies
- 英格兰队对西印度群岛队
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The West Indies have staged a dramatic fightback on the first day of the fifth test.
- 西印度群岛队在第五场板球对抗赛的第一个比赛日发起了一次戏剧性的反攻。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He aims to follow Columbus's voyage to the West Indies.
- 他打算重走哥伦布到达西印度群岛的航行路线。
来自辞典例句
- 5. And when the TUOLOMEE left for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast Gatsby left too.
- 等到托洛美号启程前往西印度群岛和巴巴平海岸的时候,盖茨比也走了.
来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比
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