东印度群岛 meaning in English

east indies
spice islands

A native or inhabitant of india or of the east indies
印度人，东印度群岛人印度或东印度群岛的土人或居住者
East indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods ; used especially in india for food and forage and soil - conditioning ; sometimes placed in genus phaseolus
东印度群岛的一种菜豆属植物，尤指在印度群岛作为饲料和改良土壤的作物，叶被毛，种子小而黄褐色，豆荚圆筒形。
I knew that all the ships from europe , which sail d either to the coast of guiney , or to brasil , or to the east - indies , made this cape or those islands ; and in a word , i put the whole of fortune upon this single point , either that i must meet with some ship , or must perish
我知道，从欧洲开往几内亚海岸，或去巴西和东印度群岛的商船，都要经过这个海角或这些群岛。总之，我把自己整个命运都押在这唯一的机遇上了遇上商船就得救，遇不上就只有死路一条。