cesspit
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste waterA cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
» Allowing all speech just leads to a cesspit of hate.
Значення
значень: 2A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
Sickergrube, Versitzgrube, Senkgrube
помо́йная я́маpomójnaja jáma
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
(ширше, зневажливе, переносно)A place or situation characterised by corruption, filth or immoral activities.
Politics devolved into a cesspit of lies and deceit.
Приклади
речень: 1Allowing all speech just leads to a cesspit of hate.
Переклади
мов: 5За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
Uncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin isUncertain. The first part, cess-, is undoubtedly the same as for cesspool, whose origin is likewise uncertain. The second part is pit, a hole in the ground.
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