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词汇 Black Hole of Calcutta
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Definition of Black Hole of Calcutta in English:

Black Hole of Calcutta

proper noun
  • A dungeon 6 metres (20 feet) square in Fort William, Calcutta (now Kolkata), where perhaps as many as 146 English prisoners were confined overnight following the capture of the city by the nawab of Bengal in 1756. Only twenty-three of them were still alive the next morning.

    加尔各答黑牢(加尔各答威廉堡内一个6平方米 20平方英尺地牢,1756年加尔各答被孟加拉藩王征服后,多达146名英国俘虏被囚禁于此,一夜后仅23人存活)

Definition of Black Hole of Calcutta in US English:

Black Hole of Calcutta

proper noun
  • A dungeon 20 feet (6 m) square in Fort William, Calcutta (now Kolkata), where perhaps as many as 146 English prisoners were confined overnight following the capture of Calcutta by the nawab of Bengal, in 1756. Only twenty-three of them were still alive the next morning.

    加尔各答黑牢(加尔各答威廉堡内一个6平方米 20平方英尺地牢,1756年加尔各答被孟加拉藩王征服后,多达146名英国俘虏被囚禁于此,一夜后仅23人存活)

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