| 单词 | closet |
| 释义 | closet (klɒzɪt ) Word forms: closets 1. countable noun A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things. [US] regional note: in BRIT, use cupboard2. countable noun A closet is a very small room for storing things, especially one without windows. [US, also British, old-fashioned] 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Closet is used to describe a person who has beliefs, habits, or feelings which they keep secret, often because they are embarrassed about them. Closet is also used of their beliefs, habits, or feelings. He is a closet Fascist. ...closet misogyny. Synonyms: secret, private, hidden, unknown 4. come out of the closet phrase [VERB inflects] If someone comes out of the closet, they reveal their sexuality or gender identity after having kept this a secret. 5. come out of the closet phrase [VERB inflects] If someone comes out of the closet, they reveal or discuss something which they have previously kept secret. You can also say that an issue comes out of the closet when it starts to be publicly discussed. 6. See also closeted 7. a skeleton in the closet phrase If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves. On accepting the job, Maya assured her employers that she had no skeletons in the cupboard. Idioms: have a skeleton in the closet or have a skeleton in the cupboard to keep secret something which would be scandalous or embarrassing for you if other people knew about it But everybody's got secrets, haven't they? Everybody has a skeleton in the closet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: closet door I will tape the card to my closet door. Christianity Today I found myself closing the closet door behind me and getting down on the floor in that darkened closet. Christianity Today Opening the closet door, he flung her roughly inside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He stood up now and stretched in front of the mirror on the closet door. Times, Sunday Times Red bows on every closet door. Christianity Today Starting at the back, there's a really comfortable double bed, plus masses of closet space. The Sun No closet space had been cleared, no drawers in the dresser emptied. Christianity Today Special features include granite kitchen countertops, halogen track lighting, wood veneer or carpeted flooring, ample closet space and six appliances. Globe and Mail The former hall, blocked off and used for closet space, extended west to the second-floor center hall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Every room comes equipped with beds, dressers, desks with chairs, and closet space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But could they manage the clothes closet and food pantry ministry of the church? Christianity Today There's a recognition, too, that time makes all of us irrelevant — the forgotten merchant prince's clothes closet has become a kitchen. Times, Sunday Times Our clothes closet give-away program was converted into a thrift store where our neighbors could find bargains and also work to earn money to purchase clothes. Christianity Today He was hastily shoved into a clothes closet adjoining the meeting room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Walk in clothes closets were provided on the attic landings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We walked into the coat closet. Christianity Today Enter the foyer with its elegant porcelain tile flooring and convenient coat closet, and step into a den that's ideal for a home office. Globe and Mail Further east are a coat closet and back stairway, the boiler room, laundry room, and coal storage room, followed by a small workshop, half bath, and a three-car garage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was originally designed as a futuristic experiment, with open classrooms, which failed, and they were divided with cubbies bookcases and portable coat closets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So it's a word we put on a high shelf in a dark closet. Christianity Today Throw them into a dark closet at the end of the day and you've got the perfect environment for fungi. Times, Sunday Times After that, the gowns went into a dark closet. Globe and Mail It was based on comforting childhood memories of hiding in a dark closet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once the war had ended, the radio was retired to the rear of a dark closet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And he was more than happy to open the closet, as you can see from some of the snaps during his visit. The Sun Far better to throw open the closets and parade every skeleton. Times, Sunday Times In his apartment, she accidentally opens his closet full of suits and realizes he deceived her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've also got a shoe closet filled with about 60 to 70 pairs. The Sun Nice to devote more time to your brain than your shoe closet. Times, Sunday Times But the biggest surprise comes from her shoe closet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His shoe closet was also mentioned to be able to be seen from space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Upstairs were four bedrooms with walk-in closets and one large central storage closet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She organized a museum out of these trinkets in the storage closet of her schoolroom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For instance by moving one fusuma wall, one could transform two rooms into one large room and a small storage closet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hoping to use these items as educational tools, she established a museum in the storage closet of her schoolroom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As of 2010 the buildings are 99% occupied, with the unused space consisting of unusable corridor space and janitor storage closet space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 储藏室 Japanese: クローゼット |
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