单词 | pest hole |
释义 | > as lemmaspest hole pest hole n. a place that is infested with disease or vermin. ΚΠ 1832 Times 10 Jan. 7/2 In moist and windy weather, the smell from this pest-hole contaminates the air at a mile's distance, even in Lambeth. 1905 J. E. Pope Clothing Industry in N.Y. vii. 199 Demand clothing which bears the Label of the United Garment Workers! It is a guarantee that the garment was made under healthy conditions, and was not a blanket on a sick-bed in a pest-hole. 2000 Cincinnati Enquirer (Nexis) 2 June a16 We will get to watch 16 people scheme and plot, covered with sweat and bugs in a tropical pest hole, as they eliminate each other in a quest for the loot. < as lemmas |
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