the Shetland Islands
/ðə ˈʃetlənd aɪləndz/
/ðə ˈʃetlənd aɪləndz/
(also Shetland
/ˈʃetlənd/
/ˈʃetlənd/
, the Shetlands /ðə ˈʃetləndz/
/ðə ˈʃetləndz/
)- a group of over 100 islands north of Scotland. The islands are governed as a single council area from Lerwick, Shetland's only town and main port. The islands' main industries are farming, fishing and making clothes out of the famous Shetland wool from local sheep. Since the 1970s the islands have become an important centre of the North Sea oil industry.
设得兰群岛：苏格兰以北的100多个岛屿。这些岛屿是设得兰群岛唯一的城镇和主要港口勒威克（Lerwick）的一个议会辖区。群岛的主要产业是农业，渔业和用当地绵羊的著名设得兰群岛羊毛制成的衣服。自1970年代以来，这些岛屿已成为北海石油工业的重要中心。