Caribbean

[kæri'bi(:)ən]
  • adj. 加勒比人的;加勒比海的;加勒比语的
  • n. 加勒比海

中文词源


Caribbean 加勒比海地区

来自加勒比海土著语言,义为勇敢的男人。

英文词源


Caribbean
from Carib, indigenous people's name for themselves, + -ean.

双语例句


1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
为了摆脱媒体的关注,这对新人在加勒比喜结连理。

来自柯林斯例句

2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。

来自柯林斯例句

3. "Sight Savers", founded in 1950, now runs projects throughout Africa, the Caribbean and South East Asia.
创始于1950年的国际防盲及救盲组织如今在非洲、加勒比海地区和东南亚各地都开展项目。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.
古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿,美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Then came an invitation to Martinique , an island in the French Caribbean. It was chance of a lifetime.
然后被邀请到法属加勒比海的马提尼克岛, 这真是千载难逢的机会.

来自《简明英汉词典》

单词首字母