单词 | filth trap |
释义 | > as lemmasfilth trap a. General attributive, as filth pit, filth trap, etc. ΚΠ 1847 Northern Star & National Trades Jrnl. 17 Apr. 6/6 This frightful filth-pit pays a much higher rent than many a large house in a stirring neighbourhood. 1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. 589 Spots of soil..so situated in cups of the hills as to retain and multiply the filth-ferment. 1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Jan. 56/2 Filth nuisances of the grossest sort were almost universal. 1933 Speculum 8 352 Every change in the system of filth disposal was due..to a desire to improve health conditions. 2010 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 17 Oct. For three months of the year, the dog's a damp, smelly, mud-encrusted filth trap. < as lemmas |
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