| 单词 | cesspool |
| 释义 | cesspool (once / 14450 pages) n Literally, a cesspool is place underground where sewage gathers, but figuratively, you might hear anything that's full of germs or just plain disgusting described as a cesspool. Either way, you'll want to steer clear. Think of a cesspool as an underground swimming pool full of nastiness, which of course rhymes with cess. But the word cesspool isn't just used to describe a storage place underground where sewage is held temporarily. It's also a term you might use to negatively describe something that's swimming in germs or corruption. Stuck on a long flight between two people with a cold? That's a cesspool of germs right there for you. WORD FAMILYcesspool: cesspools USAGE EXAMPLESRuss Altman of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, worried that “a potential cesspool of confounders” might skew NIH’s analysis. Science Magazine(Dec 15, 2016) Chances are, the company would accept almost any of those labels — O.K., maybe not the cesspool one — if it meant turning a profit. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) “And I was dragging her down in my cesspool.” Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) n a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it Syn|Hyper cesspit, sink, sump cistern an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater |
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