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单词 cesspit
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cesspit

/ˈsespɪt/
noun
1
a pit for the disposal of liquid waste and sewage
污水坑, 化粪池。
1.1
figurative a disgusting or corrupt place or situation
〈喻〉藏垢纳污的场所; 污秽的状态; 腐败:

the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal.

这件事有成为一场污七八糟大丑闻的危险。

词源
mid 19th cent.: from cess (the supposed base of CESSPOOL)+PIT1.
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