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[N-COUNT 可数名词]壁橱 A
closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things.
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 cupboard
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指不带窗户的)小储藏间 A
closet is a very small room for storing things, especially one without windows.
[AM; also BRIT 美;亦英]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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[ADJ 形容词](信仰、习惯、情感)隐蔽的,不公开的 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.
他是个秘密的法西斯分子。
...closet misogyny.
内心对女性的仇视
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[PHRASE 短语]公开同性恋身份;出柜 If someone
comes out of the closet, they tell people that they are homosexual after having kept this a secret.
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[PHRASE 短语]公开(或谈论)以前保密的事;(问题)公开 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.
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See also:closeted
;
a skeleton in the closet
→see: skeleton
;