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closet

clos·et1 /ˈklɒzɪt $ ˈklɑː-, ˈklɒː-/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]
1  especially American EnglishAmEDHF a cupboard built into the wall of a room from the floor to the ceiling 壁櫥 → wardrobe
a closet full of beautiful clothes
滿是漂亮衣服的壁櫥
2  come out of the closet 
a) ADMITto tell people that you are homosexual after hiding the fact 公開自己的同性戀身份 SYN come out
b) ADMITto admit something or to start to discuss something that was kept secret before 公開承認秘密；公開以前保密的事
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come out of the closet• The trial brought the issue of sexual harassment out of the closet.• Once people decide to come out of the closet, it is pretty easy to do here.
3. be in the closet American EnglishAmE informal to not tell people that you are homosexual 隐瞞自己的同性戀身份
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be in the closet• We provide help for young people who are in the closet and are too scared to come out.
→ water closet, → a skeleton in the closet at skeleton(5)
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closet• I have a closet full of clothes that don't fit.• She threw me in a closet and tied me up.• As for toilet facilities, I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things.• The man's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs.• Are all your cupboards or closets crammed full?• On the other hand, by downplaying her own commitment to gay rights, she seemed to be validating the political closet.• No point in drawing fire, he argued, as he put the broom back into the closet.• Coming out of the closet is more significant to white lesbians.
closet2 adjectiveadj
closet homosexual/alcoholic etc SECRETsomeone who is a homosexual etc but who does not want to admit it 不願公開承認的同性戀/酗酒者等
a closet communist
秘密的共産主義者
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closet• He finally came out in 1998, after years as a closet homosexual.
closet3 verb [transitiveT]
ALONEto shut someone in a room away from other people in order to discuss something private, to be alone etc 把…引進密室會談；把…關在小房間裏
be closeted with somebody
All morning he’d been closeted with various officials.
整個上午他都在房間裏和各種官員密談。
closet yourself
Don’t let her closet herself away in her room.
别讓她把自己關在房間裏。
n Grammar
Closet is usually either passive or reflexive (=followed by myself/herself etc).
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closet• Letterman closets himself with these women all day.• Tom spent most of his time closeted in his study, surrounded by his books.• Think of the many hours when the two of them are closeted in the den.• For an hour we were closeted with Colbert.• He was constantly closeted with the late King.
be closeted with somebody• For an hour we were closeted with Colbert.• He was also back to the daily pile of paperwork and would be closeted with secretaries for much of the day.
Origin closet1
(1300-1400) Old French clos “enclosed place”, from Latin clausum, from clausus; → CLOSE2

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