East Indies

短语

东印度群岛

词形变化

only 复数

别名

East-Indies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of East Indie

name
  1. 1.

    Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.

    东印度

    仅复数

词源

From east + Indies, a qualification added to distinguish the original lands and islands of "India" (inclusive of areas from Subsaharan Africa to Indonesia and Japan) from the "West Indies".

来源：wiktionary