a toilet in a camp, etc., especially one made by digging a hole in the ground (营地等的)厕所;(尤指)茅坑,便坑 We put up the tents and dug a latrine pit. 我们支起了帐篷,挖了个茅坑。
Word OriginMiddle English (rare before the mid 19th cent.): via French from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina, from lavare ‘to wash’.