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单词 closet
释义
closet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zət/

closetnoun[C](FURNITURE)

A2mainlyUS
acupboardor asmallroomwith adoor, used forstoringthings,especiallyclothes:
（尤指放衣服的）壁橱，壁柜，储藏室
abedroom/linen/storagecloset卧室壁橱／家庭日用织品柜橱／储藏室
picture of closet
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Furniture for storage
  • airing cupboard
  • almirah
  • bookcase
  • bookshelf
  • broom closet
  • credenza
  • cubby
  • cubbyhole
  • cupboard
  • cwtch
  • footlocker
  • hatstand
  • hot press
  • hutch
  • locker
  • sideboard
  • tallboy
  • trophy cabinet
  • wardrobe
  • Welsh dresser
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closetnoun[C](IDENTITY)

in the closet
used todescribeapersonwho is notheterosexual(=sexuallyattractedto men if they are a woman and women if they are a man)or notcisgender(= having agenderthatmatchesthebodythey werebornwith), butkeepsthatfactsecretfrom otherpeople:
Thebancouldleadtotransservicemembersstayingin the closetevenwhen it isdangerousfortheirmentalhealth.
Thestoryrevolvesaround Jason and Peter, who are inlovebut are both in the closet.
Synonym
closeted(SECRET)
Note:
  • In the closetcan have a negative meaning to some people.
out of the closet
used todescribeapersonwho is notheterosexual(=sexuallyattractedto men if they are a woman and women if they are a man)or notcisgender(= having agenderthatmatchesthebodythey werebornwith), and does notkeepthatfactsecretfrom otherpeople:
He isopenlygaynow, but didn't come out of the closet until a fewyearsago.
Gay,lesbian,bisexualandtransgenderstudentsarefeelingempoweredto come out of the closetyoungerthanpreviousgenerations.
For somepeople, being out of the closet canpresenta lot ofrisks, but I'vefoundit veryliberating.
See also
outadverbpreposition(MADE PUBLIC)
come out(BECOME KNOWN)
closet
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zɪt/
to put yourself in aplace,especiallyaclosedspace, andstaythere:
关，藏，封闭
Twoweeksbefore myexamsI closeted myself(away) inmyroomwith mybooksand I didn'tspeakto anyone.考试前两星期，我把自己关在房里读书，不跟任何人说话。
Thepresidenthas been closetedwith(= having aprivatemeetingwith)hisadvisersfor severalhours.总统与顾问们已经密谈了好几个小时了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Closing and blocking
  • barricade
  • batten
  • batten down the hatchesidiom
  • be snowed upidiom
  • blocksomethingoff
  • bung
  • choke
  • congest
  • cork
  • dam
  • damsomethingup
  • ensconce
  • gum
  • sealsomethingoff
  • self-seal
  • self-sealing
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
  • silt
  • the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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closet
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zət/
used to refer to abelief,activity, orfeelingthat iskeptsecretfrom thepublic, usually because you arefrightenedof theresultsof itbecomingknown:
私下的，秘密的，不公开的
a closetalcoholic/smoker不愿承认的酗酒者/吸烟者
Doleportrayedthepresidentincampaignspeechesas a "closetliberal".多尔在竞选演讲中将总统描绘为“藏而不露的自由主义者”。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • down-low
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonymization
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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(Definition ofclosetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
closet
noun[C]
mainlyUS
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zət/
A2
acupboardor asmallroomwith adoor, used forstoringthings,especiallyclothes
（尤指放衣服的）壁橱，壁柜，储藏室
abedroom/linen/storagecloset卧室壁橱／家庭日用织品柜橱／储藏室

Idiom

come out of the closet
closet
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zɪt/
to put yourself in aplace,especiallyaclosedspace, andstaythere
关，藏，封闭
Twoweeksbefore myexamsI closeted myself(away) inmyroomwith mybooksand I didn'tspeakto anyone.考试前两星期，我把自己关在房里读书，不跟任何人说话。
Thepresidenthas been closetedwith(= having aprivatemeetingwith)hisadvisersfor severalhours.总统与顾问们已经密谈了好几个小时了。
closet
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈklɒz.ɪt/us
/ˈklɑː.zət/
used to refer to abelief,activity, orfeelingthat iskeptsecretfrom thepublic, usually because you arefrightenedof theresultsof itbecomingknown
私下的，秘密的，不公开的
a closetalcoholic/smoker不愿承认的酗酒者/吸烟者
Doleportrayedthepresidentincampaignspeechesas a "closetliberal".多尔在竞选演讲中将总统描绘为“藏而不露的自由主义者”。

closet| American Dictionary

closet
noun[C]
us
/ˈklɑz·ɪt/
asmallroomorspacein awallwhere you canstorethings such asclothes,sheets, etc., often having adoorso that it can beclosed:
aclothes/linencloset
closet
adjective
us
/ˈklɑz·ɪt/
keptsecretfromothers:
a closetliberal
closet
verb[Talways+ adv/prep]
us
/ˈklɑz·ət/
toarrangetomeetprivatelywith someone where you will not beinterrupted:
Thepresidentand hisadviserscloseted themselves with thecongressionalleadership.
(Definition ofclosetfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcloset

closet
She expected some control over cabinet appointments, and often worried about herclosetbeing stormed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This metaphor disrupts the metaphors of thecloset.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After you died, he immediately took your clothes out of thecloset.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is refreshing to seeclosetdrama discussed as a cultural practice in its own right rather than as a secondary (feminized and marginalized) genre.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This veritable ' skeleton in thecloset' continues to trouble both ars nova aesthetics and the musicologists who concern themselves with this repertory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I consider three "sites" from which meaning is generated: the spectacle; otherness and sameness/misrecognition and identity; and secrets and closets.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They were also furnished with such modern sanitary wares as bathtubs, watercloset, hand washbasin with marble counter top and timber cabinets.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Accommodations for women included standard water closets available for their use at a charge of one penny.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Through the metaphor of redefinition, theclosetcan describe someone whose identity is not ever-present, but changing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His redefinition of theclosethas an interpretation which views theclosetas the place where one's false self resides.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Her perspective, though, is made relative by the other speakers and by the form in which it is presented: the verse orclosetdrama.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He is also aclosetgenre novel writer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have come out of the agecloset.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An architectural school offers a very different form of education to the closeted and uneven, if occasionally brilliant, alternative of the old apprentice based system.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The local doctor found us a dressing room used by residents, little more than acloset, and left us there with our kinsman.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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