Caribbean是什么意思？

Caribbean

英[ˌkærɪˈbi:ən] 美[ˌkærəˈbiən, kəˈrɪbiən]

• n. 加勒比海；

复数：Caribbeans;

例句

• Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. 哥伦布首次发现加勒比海上的多米尼加岛.
• That was merengue. It's originally from Caribbean but it's popular all over. 那是梅伦格舞. 最初来自加勒比海.但是现在到处都很流行.
• 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.
• Another perennial music favorite is calypso, which is also sung in the Caribbean island English dialect. 另一种长久以来受喜爱的音乐是以加勒比海岛上的英语方言唱出的加力骚(千里达岛上土人所演唱的歌曲).
• 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。
• ...the perfect combination of Caribbean rhythms, European pop, and American soul... 加勒比海韵律、欧洲流行音乐和美国灵乐的完美结合
• '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。
• ...traditional Caribbean fruit and vegetables. 加勒比地区传统的水果和蔬菜
• ...the Rama Road, which links the capital, Managua, with the Caribbean coast... 连接首都马那瓜和加勒比海岸的拉马路
• ...the insistent rhythms of the Caribbean and Latin America. 加勒比海与拉丁美洲经久不息的韵律节拍

英语六级真题

According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PROPER
  加勒比海
  The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
• ADJ
  加勒比海的;加勒比海诸岛的;加勒比人的
  Caribbean means belonging or relating to the Caribbean Sea and its islands, or to its people.
  例句
  ...the Caribbean island of St Thomas. 加勒比海的圣托马斯岛

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream
  2. region including the Caribbean islands