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
词态变化
复数: Caribbeans;
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》