Definition of cesspit in English:

cesspit

noun ˈsɛspɪtˈsɛsˌpɪt

1A pit for the disposal of liquid waste and sewage.
污水坑，化粪池
Example sentencesExamples
- Vacuum tankers are used to empty the cesspits when they become full.
- Flood waters in the eastern regions of Trinidad have subsided, and clean-up crews have now begun clearing up overflowing cesspits and clogged waterways.
- C. quinquefasciatus is the principal vector of human filariasis, and breeds in cesspits and drains.
- Our son found his way into a disused cesspit and then, going barefoot, picked up an infection, which required regular injections in his backside.
- The Thames was a polluted mess and cesspits within the city were a constant source of contamination.
- The sanitation of Windsor Castle was almost as bad as the slums of London, with seeping cesspits polluting the water supply.
- ‘If it dies,’ I enquired, ‘can I chuck it into our cesspit?’
- Snow was now certain that the well had been contaminated with infected sewage - either from the sewer or the many nearby cesspits.
- Parasites have also been found in human coprolites and medieval cesspits.
- The two men in dark glasses descended from the truck and asked him if his toilet cesspit was full.
- We showed them our caravans, our day rooms, our cesspit and our toilets and they told my father that all he had to do was plant a row of three trees to shield us from the road.
- Now there are fears it could happen again in the neighbourhood, where there are known to be other redundant cesspits.
- Trucks that used to empty cesspits and septic tanks can no longer be used due to a lack of tyres, batteries and other spare parts.
- They quickly discovered that the barracks hospital had been constructed over a contaminated cesspit and that the patients were literally wallowing in their own sewage.
- I will have to maintain an aura of dignity even if I am thrown into a cesspit.
- The cesspit sitting under the town is full to overflowing.
- The man said he first started getting pain after a construction accident where he held a 500 lb concrete block from falling into a cesspit.
- Neighbours fear their houses may fall into a cesspit after a 25 ft-deep hole opened up in their gardens.
- When the great social reformer Lord Shaftesbury visited one house, he went into the cellar - where a family was living - and found that the sewage from a nearby cesspit had leaked right under their floor boards.
- Some of them even brought mud from the garden and worse yet, buckets full of sludge from the cesspit.
1. 1.1 A disgusting or corrupt place.
  〈喻〉藏垢纳污的场所；污秽的状态；腐败
  the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal
  这件事有成为一场污七八糟大丑闻的危险。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Over the ensuing months, the Petrov royal commission became a political cesspit.
  His scabs have become cesspits for the vilest strain of puss and weep day after day with no sign of improvement.
  Whether you think Montreal is a stinking cesspit wallowing knee-deep in its own filth or believe that our island's a green gem, next Monday, April 19, is your opportunity to voice your views to the person who has to listen.
  He'd been part of political groups since he was 17, as London was ‘a big cesspit of corruption’ to him.
  Hollywood - the cesspit that is poisoning the world via cultural globalisation - has incongruously produced what may well be the most devotional work of art in this decade.
  Don't listen to him - he reckons that every city is a hellish cesspit of hatred and evil.
  No wonder some people now think that Fairfax Press, to which this paper belongs, is an intellectual cesspit.
  The religious fundamentalists who exercise such influence in some US states view the East and West coasts as cesspits of vice.
  To some, this implies that ‘blue states’ are cesspits of morality, as if bordering on water causes depravity and sin.
  Athole Still once described the football world as a cesspit and, as a former journalist, he should have known what he was talking about.
  In the cesspit of Scottish Labour politics, policy doesn't get a look in.
  The reason I'm banging on about Kant, is that this test exposes the moral cesspit of international relations.
  Their son Adie, a promising scholar, crosses the boundary into the cesspit of violence which marks the lives of his lover Sita and her psychotic brother Jean.
  Was it directed at Bali as a heathen cesspit full of pleasure-seeking infidels?
  Even before his bid was successful there were plans at Manchester United to build a regional casino and so make money out of the cesspit of misery that the evil gambling trade promotes.
  There's nothing wrong with sloshing about in a cesspit of anecdotes from the flash trash world of English football, as Hall does in his Sunday tabloid column.
  Don't make me laugh, it hurts (especially after the lid got lifted the latest cesspit in mutual funds).
  It is amazing how much of a cesspit of advertising the Government has created, when it could be helping out so many young people, so many families, and so many health initiatives around this country.
  Even at superstar level, most rock bands are cesspits of raging ego, petty bitterness, monstrous vanity, sordid self-abuse and very bad hair days.
  Sometimes the world looks like a total cesspit, you would hope that God would want to change that.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from cess (the supposed base of cesspool) + pit¹.

Definition of cesspit in US English:

cesspit

nounˈsɛsˌpɪtˈsesˌpit

1A pit for the disposal of liquid waste and sewage.
污水坑，化粪池
Example sentencesExamples
- Neighbours fear their houses may fall into a cesspit after a 25 ft-deep hole opened up in their gardens.
- They quickly discovered that the barracks hospital had been constructed over a contaminated cesspit and that the patients were literally wallowing in their own sewage.
- The two men in dark glasses descended from the truck and asked him if his toilet cesspit was full.
- I will have to maintain an aura of dignity even if I am thrown into a cesspit.
- Now there are fears it could happen again in the neighbourhood, where there are known to be other redundant cesspits.
- Some of them even brought mud from the garden and worse yet, buckets full of sludge from the cesspit.
- The man said he first started getting pain after a construction accident where he held a 500 lb concrete block from falling into a cesspit.
- Trucks that used to empty cesspits and septic tanks can no longer be used due to a lack of tyres, batteries and other spare parts.
- ‘If it dies,’ I enquired, ‘can I chuck it into our cesspit?’
- When the great social reformer Lord Shaftesbury visited one house, he went into the cellar - where a family was living - and found that the sewage from a nearby cesspit had leaked right under their floor boards.
- The Thames was a polluted mess and cesspits within the city were a constant source of contamination.
- Flood waters in the eastern regions of Trinidad have subsided, and clean-up crews have now begun clearing up overflowing cesspits and clogged waterways.
- C. quinquefasciatus is the principal vector of human filariasis, and breeds in cesspits and drains.
- Vacuum tankers are used to empty the cesspits when they become full.
- The sanitation of Windsor Castle was almost as bad as the slums of London, with seeping cesspits polluting the water supply.
- Parasites have also been found in human coprolites and medieval cesspits.
- The cesspit sitting under the town is full to overflowing.
- Snow was now certain that the well had been contaminated with infected sewage - either from the sewer or the many nearby cesspits.
- We showed them our caravans, our day rooms, our cesspit and our toilets and they told my father that all he had to do was plant a row of three trees to shield us from the road.
- Our son found his way into a disused cesspit and then, going barefoot, picked up an infection, which required regular injections in his backside.
1. 1.1 A disgusting or corrupt place or situation.
  〈喻〉藏垢纳污的场所；污秽的状态；腐败
  the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal
  这件事有成为一场污七八糟大丑闻的危险。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hollywood - the cesspit that is poisoning the world via cultural globalisation - has incongruously produced what may well be the most devotional work of art in this decade.
  Don't make me laugh, it hurts (especially after the lid got lifted the latest cesspit in mutual funds).
  He'd been part of political groups since he was 17, as London was ‘a big cesspit of corruption’ to him.
  The reason I'm banging on about Kant, is that this test exposes the moral cesspit of international relations.
  No wonder some people now think that Fairfax Press, to which this paper belongs, is an intellectual cesspit.
  Their son Adie, a promising scholar, crosses the boundary into the cesspit of violence which marks the lives of his lover Sita and her psychotic brother Jean.
  In the cesspit of Scottish Labour politics, policy doesn't get a look in.
  Whether you think Montreal is a stinking cesspit wallowing knee-deep in its own filth or believe that our island's a green gem, next Monday, April 19, is your opportunity to voice your views to the person who has to listen.
  The religious fundamentalists who exercise such influence in some US states view the East and West coasts as cesspits of vice.
  Even before his bid was successful there were plans at Manchester United to build a regional casino and so make money out of the cesspit of misery that the evil gambling trade promotes.
  Even at superstar level, most rock bands are cesspits of raging ego, petty bitterness, monstrous vanity, sordid self-abuse and very bad hair days.
  His scabs have become cesspits for the vilest strain of puss and weep day after day with no sign of improvement.
  Was it directed at Bali as a heathen cesspit full of pleasure-seeking infidels?
  Athole Still once described the football world as a cesspit and, as a former journalist, he should have known what he was talking about.
  Sometimes the world looks like a total cesspit, you would hope that God would want to change that.
  To some, this implies that ‘blue states’ are cesspits of morality, as if bordering on water causes depravity and sin.
  There's nothing wrong with sloshing about in a cesspit of anecdotes from the flash trash world of English football, as Hall does in his Sunday tabloid column.
  It is amazing how much of a cesspit of advertising the Government has created, when it could be helping out so many young people, so many families, and so many health initiatives around this country.
  Over the ensuing months, the Petrov royal commission became a political cesspit.
  Don't listen to him - he reckons that every city is a hellish cesspit of hatred and evil.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from cess (the supposed base of cesspool) + pit.

词汇	cesspit
释义	Definition of cesspit in English: cesspit noun ˈsɛspɪtˈsɛsˌpɪt 1A pit for the disposal of liquid waste and sewage. 污水坑，化粪池 Example sentencesExamples Vacuum tankers are used to empty the cesspits when they become full. Flood waters in the eastern regions of Trinidad have subsided, and clean-up crews have now begun clearing up overflowing cesspits and clogged waterways. C. quinquefasciatus is the principal vector of human filariasis, and breeds in cesspits and drains. Our son found his way into a disused cesspit and then, going barefoot, picked up an infection, which required regular injections in his backside. The Thames was a polluted mess and cesspits within the city were a constant source of contamination. The sanitation of Windsor Castle was almost as bad as the slums of London, with seeping cesspits polluting the water supply. ‘If it dies,’ I enquired, ‘can I chuck it into our cesspit?’ Snow was now certain that the well had been contaminated with infected sewage - either from the sewer or the many nearby cesspits. Parasites have also been found in human coprolites and medieval cesspits. The two men in dark glasses descended from the truck and asked him if his toilet cesspit was full. We showed them our caravans, our day rooms, our cesspit and our toilets and they told my father that all he had to do was plant a row of three trees to shield us from the road. Now there are fears it could happen again in the neighbourhood, where there are known to be other redundant cesspits. Trucks that used to empty cesspits and septic tanks can no longer be used due to a lack of tyres, batteries and other spare parts. They quickly discovered that the barracks hospital had been constructed over a contaminated cesspit and that the patients were literally wallowing in their own sewage. I will have to maintain an aura of dignity even if I am thrown into a cesspit. The cesspit sitting under the town is full to overflowing. The man said he first started getting pain after a construction accident where he held a 500 lb concrete block from falling into a cesspit. Neighbours fear their houses may fall into a cesspit after a 25 ft-deep hole opened up in their gardens. When the great social reformer Lord Shaftesbury visited one house, he went into the cellar - where a family was living - and found that the sewage from a nearby cesspit had leaked right under their floor boards. Some of them even brought mud from the garden and worse yet, buckets full of sludge from the cesspit. 1.1 A disgusting or corrupt place. 〈喻〉藏垢纳污的场所；污秽的状态；腐败 the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal 这件事有成为一场污七八糟大丑闻的危险。 Example sentencesExamples Over the ensuing months, the Petrov royal commission became a political cesspit. His scabs have become cesspits for the vilest strain of puss and weep day after day with no sign of improvement. Whether you think Montreal is a stinking cesspit wallowing knee-deep in its own filth or believe that our island's a green gem, next Monday, April 19, is your opportunity to voice your views to the person who has to listen. He'd been part of political groups since he was 17, as London was ‘a big cesspit of corruption’ to him. Hollywood - the cesspit that is poisoning the world via cultural globalisation - has incongruously produced what may well be the most devotional work of art in this decade. Don't listen to him - he reckons that every city is a hellish cesspit of hatred and evil. No wonder some people now think that Fairfax Press, to which this paper belongs, is an intellectual cesspit. The religious fundamentalists who exercise such influence in some US states view the East and West coasts as cesspits of vice. To some, this implies that ‘blue states’ are cesspits of morality, as if bordering on water causes depravity and sin. Athole Still once described the football world as a cesspit and, as a former journalist, he should have known what he was talking about. In the cesspit of Scottish Labour politics, policy doesn't get a look in. The reason I'm banging on about Kant, is that this test exposes the moral cesspit of international relations. Their son Adie, a promising scholar, crosses the boundary into the cesspit of violence which marks the lives of his lover Sita and her psychotic brother Jean. Was it directed at Bali as a heathen cesspit full of pleasure-seeking infidels? Even before his bid was successful there were plans at Manchester United to build a regional casino and so make money out of the cesspit of misery that the evil gambling trade promotes. There's nothing wrong with sloshing about in a cesspit of anecdotes from the flash trash world of English football, as Hall does in his Sunday tabloid column. Don't make me laugh, it hurts (especially after the lid got lifted the latest cesspit in mutual funds). It is amazing how much of a cesspit of advertising the Government has created, when it could be helping out so many young people, so many families, and so many health initiatives around this country. Even at superstar level, most rock bands are cesspits of raging ego, petty bitterness, monstrous vanity, sordid self-abuse and very bad hair days. Sometimes the world looks like a total cesspit, you would hope that God would want to change that. Origin Mid 19th century: from cess (the supposed base of cesspool) + pit¹. Definition of cesspit in US English: cesspit nounˈsɛsˌpɪtˈsesˌpit 1A pit for the disposal of liquid waste and sewage. 污水坑，化粪池 Example sentencesExamples Neighbours fear their houses may fall into a cesspit after a 25 ft-deep hole opened up in their gardens. They quickly discovered that the barracks hospital had been constructed over a contaminated cesspit and that the patients were literally wallowing in their own sewage. The two men in dark glasses descended from the truck and asked him if his toilet cesspit was full. I will have to maintain an aura of dignity even if I am thrown into a cesspit. Now there are fears it could happen again in the neighbourhood, where there are known to be other redundant cesspits. Some of them even brought mud from the garden and worse yet, buckets full of sludge from the cesspit. The man said he first started getting pain after a construction accident where he held a 500 lb concrete block from falling into a cesspit. Trucks that used to empty cesspits and septic tanks can no longer be used due to a lack of tyres, batteries and other spare parts. ‘If it dies,’ I enquired, ‘can I chuck it into our cesspit?’ When the great social reformer Lord Shaftesbury visited one house, he went into the cellar - where a family was living - and found that the sewage from a nearby cesspit had leaked right under their floor boards. The Thames was a polluted mess and cesspits within the city were a constant source of contamination. Flood waters in the eastern regions of Trinidad have subsided, and clean-up crews have now begun clearing up overflowing cesspits and clogged waterways. C. quinquefasciatus is the principal vector of human filariasis, and breeds in cesspits and drains. Vacuum tankers are used to empty the cesspits when they become full. The sanitation of Windsor Castle was almost as bad as the slums of London, with seeping cesspits polluting the water supply. Parasites have also been found in human coprolites and medieval cesspits. The cesspit sitting under the town is full to overflowing. Snow was now certain that the well had been contaminated with infected sewage - either from the sewer or the many nearby cesspits. We showed them our caravans, our day rooms, our cesspit and our toilets and they told my father that all he had to do was plant a row of three trees to shield us from the road. Our son found his way into a disused cesspit and then, going barefoot, picked up an infection, which required regular injections in his backside. 1.1 A disgusting or corrupt place or situation. 〈喻〉藏垢纳污的场所；污秽的状态；腐败 the affair threatened to be a cesspit of scandal 这件事有成为一场污七八糟大丑闻的危险。 Example sentencesExamples Hollywood - the cesspit that is poisoning the world via cultural globalisation - has incongruously produced what may well be the most devotional work of art in this decade. Don't make me laugh, it hurts (especially after the lid got lifted the latest cesspit in mutual funds). He'd been part of political groups since he was 17, as London was ‘a big cesspit of corruption’ to him. The reason I'm banging on about Kant, is that this test exposes the moral cesspit of international relations. No wonder some people now think that Fairfax Press, to which this paper belongs, is an intellectual cesspit. Their son Adie, a promising scholar, crosses the boundary into the cesspit of violence which marks the lives of his lover Sita and her psychotic brother Jean. In the cesspit of Scottish Labour politics, policy doesn't get a look in. Whether you think Montreal is a stinking cesspit wallowing knee-deep in its own filth or believe that our island's a green gem, next Monday, April 19, is your opportunity to voice your views to the person who has to listen. The religious fundamentalists who exercise such influence in some US states view the East and West coasts as cesspits of vice. Even before his bid was successful there were plans at Manchester United to build a regional casino and so make money out of the cesspit of misery that the evil gambling trade promotes. Even at superstar level, most rock bands are cesspits of raging ego, petty bitterness, monstrous vanity, sordid self-abuse and very bad hair days. His scabs have become cesspits for the vilest strain of puss and weep day after day with no sign of improvement. Was it directed at Bali as a heathen cesspit full of pleasure-seeking infidels? Athole Still once described the football world as a cesspit and, as a former journalist, he should have known what he was talking about. Sometimes the world looks like a total cesspit, you would hope that God would want to change that. To some, this implies that ‘blue states’ are cesspits of morality, as if bordering on water causes depravity and sin. There's nothing wrong with sloshing about in a cesspit of anecdotes from the flash trash world of English football, as Hall does in his Sunday tabloid column. It is amazing how much of a cesspit of advertising the Government has created, when it could be helping out so many young people, so many families, and so many health initiatives around this country. Over the ensuing months, the Petrov royal commission became a political cesspit. Don't listen to him - he reckons that every city is a hellish cesspit of hatred and evil. Origin Mid 19th century: from cess (the supposed base of cesspool) + pit.
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