Spice Islands

短语

[网络] 香料群岛；香料岛；香料诸岛

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释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The Moluccas or Maluku Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia comprising the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku.

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    The Zanzibar Archipelago, in the Zanzibar semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

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    2008, Andrew Young, Memoirs of a World Traveler, Volume 1: Journeys of a Lifetime, page 170, I decided to prolong my stay in the Spice Islands until the upcoming Zanzibar Cultural Festival and International Film Festival, before heading back to Nairobi.

词源

Refers to the importance of the islands for the supply of certain important spices. Clove trees are native to the Maluku Islands, and for some centuries a monopoly of supply existed, until plants were smuggled out and cultivated in Zanzibar.

来源：wiktionary