closet
n. 壁橱, 小室 a. 秘密的, 空谈的 vt. 把...关入小室
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教材释义与例句
壁橱；议事室，密室；小房间
把…关在私室中
秘密的，私下的；空谈的
释义与例句
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1.
Any private or inner room, (particularly):
A private room used for prayer or other devotions.
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2.
Any private or inner room, (particularly):
The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.
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3.
A private cabinet, (particularly):
Clipping of closet case.
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4.
A private cabinet, (particularly):
One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.
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A private cabinet, (particularly):
Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.
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6.
A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret.
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A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room?
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A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
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9.
Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
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Any private or inner room, (particularly)
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Any private or inner room, (particularly):
A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.
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Any private or inner room, (particularly):
A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.
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A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.
废旧Chaplayneȝ to þe chapeles chosen þe gate... / Þe lorde loutes þerto, & þe lady als, / In-to a comly closet coyntly ho entreȝ.
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14.
A private cabinet, (particularly):
One used to store valuables.
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A private cabinet, (particularly):
One used to store curiosities.
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A private cabinet, (particularly):
A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.
比喻The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
He's so far in the closet, he can see Narnia.
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An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
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A sewer.
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A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
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To shut away for private discussion.
及物The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
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2.
To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
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3.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
及物
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Private.
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Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet).
He's a closet case.
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3.
Denoting anything kept a secret or private.
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词源
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
来源：wiktionary