Virgin Islands

释义

英属维尔京群岛(The British Virgin Islands)；位于大西洋和加勒比海之间；加勒比海背风群岛的北端。面积153平方公里。人口1。98万(2000年估计)。主要是黑人。通用英语。多数人信奉基督教。1672年被英国兼并。1872年成为英国殖民地背风群岛的一部分；受背风群岛总督管辖至1960年。首府罗德城(Road Town)

英英释义

Virgin Islands

• n.a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain

双语例句

1. Virgin Islands National Park also offers stunning white-sand beaches and 22 hiking trails.
   维尔京群岛国家公园也有极美的白沙沙滩，还有二十二条健行步道。
2. While I was visiting the British Virgin Islands, a local maninvited me to be in a picture with him on the beach.
   有一次我到英属维尔京群岛，一名当地人邀请我和他在海滩上一起拍照。

权威例句

Virgin islands
Virgin islands
[Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands]. [Spanish]
Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
ecological life zones of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
The ecological life zones of Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands
Neotectonics of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, northeastern Caribbean, from GPS geodesy
Botany. (Book Reviews: Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)
Coral disease following massive bleaching in 2005 causes 60% decline in coral cover on reefs in the US Virgin Islands
Effects of forest clearing and succession on the carbon and nitrogen content of soils in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands