单词 | closet |
释义 | noun | adjective | verb closetcloset1 /ˈklɑzɪt/ ●●● noun [countable] 1an area that you keep clothes and other things in, built behind the wall of a room with a door on the front: a closet full of clothes The master bedroom has a walk-in closet (=a closet like a small room).2come out of the closet (also come out) informal to tell people that you are homosexual (=sexually attracted to people who are the same sex as you) after keeping that a secret3bring something out of the closet to cause an issue that has been kept secret to be discussed in public: The trial brought the issue of sexual harassment out of the closet.4be in the closet informal to not tell people that you are homosexual → see also a skeleton in the closet at skeleton1 (5), water closet noun | adjective | verb closetcloset2 adjective a closet homosexual/liberal/alcoholic etc. someone who is a homosexual, liberal, etc. but who does not admit in public what he or she thinks or does in private noun | adjective | verb closetcloset3 verb [transitive usually passive] to keep someone in a room away from other people in order to be alone or to discuss something private: be closeted with somebody/together All morning he’d been closeted with various officials.closet yourself (away) somewhere She closets herself away in her room. |
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