cesspool
cesspool
noun
noun
- an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage
污水池，化粪池
■(figurative)a disgusting or corrupt place
(喻)藏垢纳污的场所；污秽之地
- late 17th cent. (denoting a trap under a drain to catch solids): probably an alteration, influenced by pool, of archaic suspiral 'vent, water pipe, settling tank', from Old French souspirail 'air hole', based on Latin sub- 'from below' + spirare 'breathe'
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