单词 | cesspool |
释义 | cess·pool ![]() n. 1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house. 2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place. [Perhaps alteration (influenced by POOL1) of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe, from Middle English suspiral, vent, from Old French sospirail, breathing hole, from souspirer, to breathe, from Latin suspīrāre, to sigh; see SUSPIRE.] |
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