| 单词 | black hole of calcutta |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlack Hole of Calcutta Phrases Black Hole of Calcutta (also with lower-case initials in first and second elements). a. The punishment cell at the barracks in Fort William, Calcutta (now Kolkata), in which, on 19 June 1756, after the fall of the fort, 64 British and Anglo-Indian soldiers and civilians were confined overnight in crowded conditions, only 21 surviving until the morning; (also) this incident. Now historical.Early accounts report the number confined as 146, with 23 survivors. ΚΠ 1761 Public Advertiser 28 Apr. The Mecklenburgers..Sufferings could be compared only to those of the English Gentlemen who were shut up in the Black-Hole of Calcutta in 1756. 1761 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 314/1 An English gentleman, who, in the Black-hole of Calcutta (I think) appeas'd his..thirst, by imbibing his own sweat. 1860 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VI. xiv. 222 The fearful tragedy known as that of the Black Hole of Calcutta took place on the 20th of June, 1756, after the city had been taken by the Subahdar of Bengal. 1914 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 313 This tragedy of the Black Hole of Calcutta will ever remain as the most drastic demonstration..of the bondage of man to the air that surrounds him. 2002 M. Collier & W. Marriott Colonization & Confl. 23/2 The Black Hole of Calcutta became one of the great imperial myths, designed to horrify later generations. b. In similative phrases. ΚΠ 1784 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 20 Sept. 2/1 We may be pretty confident that this Church will never become like the Black Hole of Calcutta, dangerous from being over crouded. 1807 Athenæum Jan. 2 The modern custom of cramming rooms at routs and other parties, as full as the black-hole of Calcutta. 1836 R. P. Smith Actress of Padua II. 139 The other watering places were as crowded and uncomfortable as the Black Hole of Calcutta. 1904 M. Adams in F. J. Snell Memorials Old Devonshire 271 Their quarters, which resembled the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’. 1995 R. Pilcher Coming Home (1996) 349 ‘It's be nice to sit down.’ ‘I know. Like the Black Hole of Calcutta in here.’ c. An oppressive, very confined or crowded space; a place with unpleasant or unsanitary conditions. ΚΠ 1849 Punch 17 236/2 Crowded to suffocation... How long are our Theatres to be turned into black-holes of Calcutta? 1867 Galaxy 1 Jan. 74 Why that is the black hole of Calcutta. My nose touches the ceiling. I should suffocate in five minutes. 1914 U.S. Naval Inst. Proc. Jan.–Feb. 1712 That forepeak was a black hole of Calcutta, especially at sea, and the doctor's smelly drugs helped it to its reputation. 1971 P. Young Penguin Summer v. 50 It was a real black hole of Calcutta when both doors were closed. 1986 S. Longstreet General xiii. 104 I must have slept openmouthed for some time because..my mouth was the real Black Hole of Calcutta. 2006 G. Hollingshead Bedlam 105 A strip of..lawn between the east wing and the Infirmary (the sod-ceiling part, now I think of it, of our Black Hole of Calcutta). < as lemmas |
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