(noun.) a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands.
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双语例句
In 1515 there were Portuguese ships in Java and the Moluccas. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.