cesspit

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Archaeologists believe they are on the cusp of shedding new light on the life of William Shakespeare –by digging up what may have been the playwright’s cesspit.
爲進一步探究英國戯劇大師威廉·莎士比亞生活的方方麪麪，考古學家們?nèi)涨伴_始發(fā)掘這位劇作家故居的糞坑。
The racism alluded to in the first part explodes in all its savagery, and the town – which seemed to be guilty only of a forgivable insularity – becomes a cesspit.
如果說小說第一部分衹是影射了種族主義，那麼在第二部分，種族的不平等得到了野蠻的渲泄，小城梅崗也從一個尚可原諒的封閉小鎮(zhèn)成了一個惡貫滿盈、種族主義猖獗的大糞坑。
Although little remains of the property, the team, led by Birmingham Archaeology, believes it has identified a rubbish tip or cesspit used by the 16th century poet.
盡琯現(xiàn)場一片空曠，但伯明翰考古隊相信，他們已經(jīng)確認莎翁在 16世紀曾使用過的垃圾場或糞坑的位置。

By a fluke of timing your special report appeared in the same week that Vince Cable called the City a "cesspit".
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He was a little off mark: a cesspit can be cleaned out.
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a large underground hole or container that is used for collecting and storing solid waste, urine, and dirty water

A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.