单词 | Black Hole of Calcutta, the |
释义 | Black Hole of Calcutta, the From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBlack Hole of Calcutta, thethe Black Hole of CalcuttaˌBlack ˌHole of Calˈcutta, thea small, very crowded room or dark place is sometimes described as being ‘like the Black Hole of Calcutta’. This phrase comes from a small room used as a prison in Calcutta, India where many British prisoners died during one night in 1756. |
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