city in western India, from Portuguese, and popularly explained as Portuguese bom bahia "good bay," but that seems folk etymology (for one, the adjective is masculine and the noun is feminine), and the more likely candidate is the local Mumbadevi "Goddess Mumba," a Hindu deity worshipped there. The city's name officially changed to Mumbai in 1995.
双语例句
1. They were in transit to Bombay.
他们在去往孟买的途中。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He recalls his native Bombay with cinematic exactness.
对出生地孟买的回忆一幕幕清晰地呈现在他脑海里。
来自柯林斯例句
3. From Bombay we made a long leg to Nepal.
从孟买到尼泊尔我们作了一次很长的旅行.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Bombay is linked to the mainland by a causeway.
