Calcutta

汉语翻译

n. 加尔各答

英语解释：

名词 calcutta:

1. the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
   同义词：Kolkata

例句：

1. "What is it like down there?" shouted Marvin from the upper cave. "Like the Black Hole of Calcutta, but a lot wetter, " came the reply.
   "下面怎么样？"马文在洞穴上方喊道。"像加尔各答城的小地牢，又闷又热，不过要潮湿得多。"下面回答道。
2. The plane didn't land in Calcutta, did it?
   飞机不在加尔各答降落，是吗？

详细解释：

Cal.cut.ta

NONE（无词性）
A city of eastern India on the Hooghly River in the Ganges delta. Founded c. '90 as a British East India Company trading post, it is India`s largest city and a major port and industrial center. In the notorious Black Hole of Calcutta more than 20 British soldiers died of suffocation (75') after being imprisoned overnight in the small, stifling dungeon by the nawab of Bengal. Population, 3,305,00'.
加尔各答：印度东部的一座城市，位于恒河三角洲上的胡格利河畔。于公元'90年作为英国东印度公司的商贸据点而建成，是印度最大的城市，主要的港口和工业中心。在臭名昭著的.加尔各答黑洞.中，20名英国士兵被整夜囚禁在狭小憋闷的地牢里然后窒息而死（75'）。人口3,305,00'