cesspit
/ses-pit/US // ˈsɛsˌpɪt //
粪坑,污水坑,凼子,粪便池
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inseptic tank
as incesspool
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Examples
Archaeogeneticist Susanna Sabin and her colleagues found DNA from human gut-dwelling microbes in samples from a 600-year-old household cesspit in Jerusalem and a 700-year-old public toilet in Riga, Latvia.
Various substitutes have been tried for the cesspit, which retain the principle of the hand removal of excreta.
There should be a ventilated trap placed on the pipe leading from the watercloset to the cesspit.
Where a cesspit is unavoidable, perhaps the best and least offensive system for emptying it is the pneumatic system.
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