(esp in addresses)West Indies

(尤用作地址上的字样)西印度群岛.

An island of the British West Indies in the northern Leeward Islands.Settled by the British in the17th century,it was part of the self-governing colony of St.Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla until1967,when it seceded unilaterally.A bid for full independence led to the landing of British troops in1969.

安圭拉岛英属西印度群岛，位于背风群岛北部，17世纪英国人在此定居，1967年以前一直是圣济慈-奈维斯-安圭拉自治领的一部分，当时它是半独立。1969年要求完全独立，引发了英国军队的登陆事件

A form of religious belief of African origin,practiced in some parts of the West Indies ,Jamaica,and nearby tropical America,involving sorcery.

奥比巫术非洲土著的一种宗教形式，在西印度群岛某些地区的牙买加和热带美洲附近地区流行，与巫术有关

Osborne went to the West Indies , where he became an eminent lawyer and made money, but died young

奥斯本到了西印度群岛，成了很有名望的律师，赚了很多钱，可惜很早死去了。

Betel Either of two different plants that are widely used in combination for chewing purposes in southern Asia and the East Indies .

槟榔:两种不同植物的总称，在南亚和东印度，人们广泛把它们拿来咀嚼。

Dai ailian was born in Trinidad and Tobago, an independent republic in the West Indies in 1916, with her forefathers living abroad for many years.

戴爱莲于1916年生于西印度群岛的特立尼达共和国，祖辈侨居海外多年。

Any of various small birds of the family Todidae,of the West Indies ,related to the kingfisher and the motmot and having colorful,predominantly green plumage and a bright red throat.

短尾一种西印度群岛的短尾科小鸟，与翠鸟种属上相关，有多彩但主要是绿色的羽毛，喉部为亮红色

A pirate,especially one of the freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the17th century.

海盗尤指17世纪时掠夺在西印度群岛航行的西班牙船只的海盗

It is first mentioned in records from Barbados c. 1650. Rum figured in the slave trade: slaves from Africa were traded in the West Indies for molasses, the molasses was made into rum in New England, and the rum was then traded to Africa for more slaves.

记录里最早提到它是在约1650年的巴贝多。兰姆酒曾用在奴隶贸易中:非洲的奴隶在西印度买卖，交换糖蜜;糖蜜在新英格兰制成兰姆酒，然后兰姆酒卖到非洲，换取更多的奴隶。

A type of music that originated in the West Indies ,notably in Trinidad,and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects.

卡力骚曲一种起源于西印度的音乐，在特立尼达有影响，主要特征是根据主题或广泛的幽默体裁即席而作的音律

While the house guests are staying at Thornfield, Rochester receives a mysterious caller---a Mr. Mason from the West Indies .That night Jane hears a scuffle and a cry for help in the room just above hers.

客人们在桑菲尔庄园逗留期间，罗切斯特接待了一名神秘的来访者--一个来自西印度群岛的梅森先生。那天晚上，简·爱听见她上层的那个房间里传来扭打声和呼救声。

An aromatic,resinous tree(Bursera simaruba)of Florida,Central America,and the West Indies ,having compound leaves and small white flowers.

裂榄一种(烈榄属苦樗裂榄)属的芳香、含树脂的树木，生有羽状复叶，开白色的小花，产于美国佛罗里达，中美洲和西印度群岛

Magellan planned to approach the indies from the Spanish side, to prove that the highly prized Spice Islands lay in Spain’s half of the newly discovered world

麦哲伦计划从西班牙出发抵达西印度，以证明颇有价值的香料群岛位于西班牙新大陆区域内。

Native to South America, Mexico, and the West Indies , common tobacco (N. tabacum)grows 4-6 ft (1-2 m)high and bears usually pink flowers and huge leaves, as long as 2-3 ft (0.6-1 m)and about half as wide.

普通烟草原产于南美洲、墨西哥和西印度群岛。普通烟草通常高达1～2公尺，开有粉红色的花朵并生有大块的叶片，叶片的长度可达0.6～1公尺，宽度则约为长度的一半。

An Indian chief,especially in the Spanish West Indies and other parts of Latin America during colonial and postcolonial times.

酋长印第安人领袖，尤指殖民时代和殖民时代以前西班牙属西印度群岛和拉丁美洲的其它地区

An island of the central Bahamas in the West Indies .It is generally identified as the first landfall of Christopher Columbus(October12,1492.

圣萨尔瓦多，沃特灵斯岛西印度群岛中巴哈马的一个岛屿，普遍认为它就是克里斯多弗·哥伦布航海中见到的第一片陆地

He said good-bye to his family and shipped out for the West Indies .

他向家人道别，坐船到西印度群岛去了。

he has lost five ships in two years, has suffered by the bankruptcy of three large houses, and his only hope now is in that very Pharaon which poor Dants commanded, and which is expected from the indies with a cargo of cochineal and indigo

他在两年之中丧失了五条船，吃了三家大商行破产的倒帐，他现在惟一的希望就是那艘可怜的唐太斯曾指挥过的法老号了，希望那艘船能从印度带着洋红和靛青回来。

I shall begin like plenty of energetic men who have gone to the indies young, without a penny, and have come back rich

我学那些苦干的人的榜样，年轻时身无分文上印度，变富了回来。

I knew that all the ships from Europe, which sail’d either to the coast of Guinea, or to Brasil, or to the East-Indies , made this cape or those islands

我知道,从欧洲开往几内亚海岸,或去巴西和东印度群岛的商船,都要经过这个海角或这些群岛。

The obeah men of the West Indies have many clients in the United States

西印度群岛上的巫师在美国有许多主顾。

Influence of Cultural and Literary Tradition of West Indies on Naipaul

西印度群岛文学文化传统对奈保尔的影响

The climate of the indies ages a European very quickly, especially if he works hard

印度的气候很容易使一个欧洲人衰老，尤其是一个辛苦的欧洲人。

A native or inhabitant of India or of the East Indies .

印度人，东印度群岛人印度或东印度群岛的土人或居住者

Versus(ie against)England v West Indies

英格兰队对西印度群岛队.

Breeding of WA-type Indies CMS Line Shiyou A with Good Grain Quality

优质籼稻不育系十优A的选育与应用

Pomelo was once named shaddock after Captain Shaddock who brought the seed to America from the East Indies .

柚子一度叫做Shaddock，以纪念那位把种子从东印度群岛带到美国的Shaddock船长。

Outside the Spanish Islands, Negroes are the dominant race in the West Indies

在西印度群岛，除了西班牙所属的一些岛屿之外，黑人是占有优势的民族。

||1: It helps that films have become cheaper to make. ||2: Actors’ salaries remain depressed, and indies have become expert at exploiting competition between states and countries, which lavish subsidies on them. ||3: Most important, says Morris Ruskin, the head of Shoreline Entertainment, a glut of films commissioned in the era of loose credit has at last worked its way through the pipeline. ||4: "We’ve gone from a market that was saturated with films to a market that is hungry for them," he says.

||1:电影制作成本的下降对独立电影业的发展有着推波助澜的效果。||2:演员们的薪水依然不高，各独立电影制作公司精于利用州与州，国与国之间的竞争关系，从中获取慷慨的补助。||3:海岸娱乐的老板莫里斯.若斯金表示，最重要的是，信贷宽松时期充斥着被委托制作的电影，如今终于熬出头了。||4:他谈到："那个供应饱和的市场已经远去，现在市场对电影变得趋之若鹜。"

||1:However, Boston’s most famous nickname is Beantown.||2:But it was not because the city grew a lot of beans.||3:In the seventeen hundreds, Boston was a major trading center. It received a lot of sugarcane from the West Indies .||4:Beans baked in molasses, a sugar product, became a favorite food in the city.||5:Today, no companies there make Boston baked beans. Restaurants in Boston rarely serve it. But many Americans eat this tasty dish at home.

||1:然而，波士顿最著名的别名是豆城（Beantown）。||2:但这并不是因为这个城市盛产豆子。||3:18世纪时，波士顿是一个主要贸易中心，它收到了大量来自西印度群岛的甘蔗。||4:豆子在糖浆中烘烤后成为这个城市最受欢迎的食物。||5:如今这里没有哪家公司生产波士顿闷烤豆，波士顿的餐馆也很少提供这种食物，但许多美国人在家里做这道美食。