cesspit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cess·pit /ˈsesˌpɪt/ noun [countable] 1. (also cesspool /ˈsesˌpuːl/)DCLEAN a large hole or container under the ground in which waste from a building, especially from the toilets, is collected 污水坑；化粪池2 SERIOUS SITUATIONa place or situation in which people behave in a bad or immoral way 罪恶的渊薮，藏污纳垢之地 For weeks the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal. 几个星期来，这一事件眼看就要成为丑闻的滋生源。
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cesspit• Scutari was built over a cesspit.• By leaking, like cesspits, they contaminated ground water.• A once charming rural idyll, Emmerdale had become a moral cesspit.cess·pit nounChineseSyllable
in a which the under or Corpus hole container ground large
cesspit
cess‧pit /ˈsesˌpɪt/
noun [countable]
2. a place or situation in which people behave in a bad or immoral way:
For weeks the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal.
cess‧pit /ˈsesˌpɪt/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: cesperal __cesspool__ (1500-1600), probably from suspiral __air hole__ (14-16 centuries), from Old French souspirail, from souspirer __to sigh__; influenced by pool
1. (also cess‧pool /ˈsesˌpuːl/) a large hole or container under the ground in which waste from a building, especially from the toilets, is collectedOrigin: cesperal __cesspool__ (1500-1600), probably from suspiral __air hole__ (14-16 centuries), from Old French souspirail, from souspirer __to sigh__; influenced by pool
2. a place or situation in which people behave in a bad or immoral way: