西洋Xīyáng 1.指欧、美各国{the West; Western world}: ～史{European and American history}|～文学。{Western literature} 2.〈古代arch.〉指南洋群岛、马来半岛、印度、斯里兰卡、阿拉伯半岛、东非等地{region covering the Malay Archipelago, the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, etc.}: 郑和下～。{Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Seas during the Ming Dynasty}