英语词汇“to come out of the closet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to come out of the closet.

(a) To cease to conceal or deny one's homosexuality or any other aspect of one’s sexual or gender identity. Cf. to come out 13b at come v. Phrasal verbs 1.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or declare openly one's sexual orientation

to come out of the closet1968

to come out1970

1968 Berkeley Barb 15 Mar. 12/1 Come out of the closet long enuf to attend the East Bay Gay Discussion Group Fridays.

1971 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Jan. 9/4 It took me almost 50 years to come out of the closet, to stop pretending to be something I was not.

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xli. 453 She was coming out of the closet and without words she was telling the world of her bisexuality.

2010 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 25 Apr. (Herald-Times ed.) (Parade section) 14/1 After more than a decade of keeping his sexual preference under wraps, he's recently come out of the closet.

(b) More generally: to cease to conceal something which, if revealed, could cause problems or embarrassment; to admit something openly. Also with the problematic issue as the subject. Frequently ironic. Cf. to come out 13c at Phrasal verbs 1.

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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)]

cough1393

wrayc1425

to break a secreta1450

to tell allc1450

to bring (also put) to light1526

to let on1725

to open up1884

to come out of the closet1971

to come out1976

1971 San Antonio (Texas) Light 8 Aug. (S. Texas Today section) 22/4 Now I think he's gonna come out of the closet and use his real name.

1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. e5/1 Population growth is coming out of the closet as the major political issue of the decade.

2012 J. M. Hobson Eurocentric Conception of World Politics xiii. 344 Some Eurocentrics might wish to ‘come out of the closet’ and openly defend or even celebrate their Eurocentrism.

单词	to come out of the closet
释义	> as lemmas to come out of the closet b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to come out of the closet. (a) To cease to conceal or deny one's homosexuality or any other aspect of one’s sexual or gender identity. Cf. to come out 13b at come v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or declare openly one's sexual orientation to come out of the closet1968 to come out1970 1968 Berkeley Barb 15 Mar. 12/1 Come out of the closet long enuf to attend the East Bay Gay Discussion Group Fridays. 1971 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Jan. 9/4 It took me almost 50 years to come out of the closet, to stop pretending to be something I was not. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xli. 453 She was coming out of the closet and without words she was telling the world of her bisexuality. 2010 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 25 Apr. (Herald-Times ed.) (Parade section) 14/1 After more than a decade of keeping his sexual preference under wraps, he's recently come out of the closet. (b) More generally: to cease to conceal something which, if revealed, could cause problems or embarrassment; to admit something openly. Also with the problematic issue as the subject. Frequently ironic. Cf. to come out 13c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] cough1393 wrayc1425 to break a secreta1450 to tell allc1450 to bring (also put) to light1526 to let on1725 to open up1884 to come out of the closet1971 to come out1976 1971 San Antonio (Texas) Light 8 Aug. (S. Texas Today section) 22/4 Now I think he's gonna come out of the closet and use his real name. 1994 Denver Post 18 Sept. e5/1 Population growth is coming out of the closet as the major political issue of the decade. 2012 J. M. Hobson Eurocentric Conception of World Politics xiii. 344 Some Eurocentrics might wish to ‘come out of the closet’ and openly defend or even celebrate their Eurocentrism. extracted from closetn.adj. < as lemmas
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