"cesspit" in Chinese (Simplified)
化粪池污水坑
Definition
化粪池是指用于收集和储存液体废物和污水的地下坑或储罐。这个词也可以比喻形容非常肮脏或腐败的地方或情况。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“Cesspit”直译多用于正式或技术场合;比喻用法常见于新闻或批评中,如“腐败的化粪池”。现代实际用法多用“化粪池”描述家庭污水处理罐。
Examples
The old house had a cesspit in the backyard.
那座老房子后院有一个**化粪池**。
Workers clean the cesspit every month.
工人们每个月清理**化粪池**。
Please do not throw trash into the cesspit.
请不要把垃圾扔进**化粪池**。
Some say the internet has become a cesspit of fake news.
有人说互联网已变成**假新闻的化粪池**。
Corruption turned the company into a financial cesspit.
腐败让这家公司变成了一个金融**污水坑**。
After the festival, the park was a cesspit of trash and mud.
节日后,公园变成了**垃圾和泥浆的化粪池**。