单词 | 香料群岛 |
释义 | 〔Moluccas〕A group of islands of eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea. Discovered in the early 16th century, the islands were settled by the Portuguese but taken in the 17th century by the Dutch, who used them as the basis for their monopoly of the spice trade.摩鹿加群岛,香料群岛:印度尼西亚东部、西里伯岛和新几内亚岛之间的一组群岛。发现于16世纪初期,葡萄牙人最早定居于此,但在17世纪被荷兰人攻占,并把群岛作为他们垄断香料贸易的基地 |
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