English Dictionary

pit toilet

名詞

A facility for accepting human waste, typically through personal use via urination and defecation, where the waste is directed into a cesspit directly below the access port used by the person needing facilities. Modern pit toilets typically permanently store the waste for natural decay, and are closed and sealed when full, while historically, they have sometimes been manually harvested for night soil. Pit toilets typically take the form of an outhouse.

日本語の意味

人間の排泄物を受け入れるための簡易なトイレ。通常は、排泄物が直接下の貯留坑（ピット）に流れ込み、自然分解などの処理が行われる施設。 / 排泄用の施設の形態の一つ。利用者が排泄することで、排泄物が直接ピット内部に導かれる仕組みのトイレ。

During our hike we found an old pit toilet behind the ranger station, its door hanging off its hinges.

ハイキング中、管理小屋の裏で古いくみ取り式トイレを見つけ、その扉は蝶番から外れかけていた。

意味（1）

A facility for accepting human waste, typically through personal use via urination and defecation, where the waste is directed into a cesspit directly below the access port used by the person needing facilities. Modern pit toilets typically permanently store the waste for natural decay, and are closed and sealed when full, while historically, they have sometimes been manually harvested for night soil. Pit toilets typically take the form of an outhouse.

pit toilets （ plural ）