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"Closet" primarily refers to a small room or cupboard for storage. It can also describe a person who keeps certain beliefs or feelings secret (e.g., "closet fascist") and is famously used in the phrase "come out of the closet" to describe revealing something kept secret, often related to one's identity.

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/klɒ̱zɪt/
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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.
  [AM 美]
    in BRIT, use 英国英语用 cupboard
    2
    [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.
        [ADJ n]
      • 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

      4
      [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.
        [V inflects]
        5
        [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.
          [V inflects]
          6
          See also:
          closeted
          a skeleton in the closet→see:
          skeleton

            Oxford closet / ˈklɒzɪt ; NAmE ˈklɑːzət /
            noun
            ,
            adjective
            ,
            verb
            closet closets closeted closeting
            noun ( especially NAmE) a small room or a space in a wall with a door that reaches the floor, used for storing things 贮藏室;壁橱 a walk-in closet 步入式衣帽间 compare
            cupboard
             (2 )
            ,
            wardrobe
             (1 )
            see also
            water closet
            IDIOM come out of the ˈcloset to admit sth openly that you kept secret before, especially because of shame or embarrassment 公开承认秘密(尤指因耻辱或尴尬而一直保守着的秘密);“出柜” Homosexuals in public life are now coming out of the closet. 公众人物中的同性恋者如今逐渐公开自己的性取向。 see also
            come out
             (10 ) at come v.
            IDIOMsee
            skeleton
            adjective [only before noun ] used to describe people who want to keep some fact about themselves secret 隐藏(身分)的;不公开(个人信息)的 closet gays 不公开表明的同性恋者 I suspect he's a closet fascist. 我怀疑他是秘密的法西斯分子。 verb closetsb/yourself + adv./prep. to put sb in a room away from other people, especially so that they can talk privately with sb, or so that they can be alone 把…关在房间里(尤指为了私下会谈或避免他人打扰) He was closeted with the President for much of the day. 他与总统闭门进行了几乎一整天的密谈。 She had closeted herself away in her room. 她把自己关在房间里不见任何人。 closet / ˈklɒzɪt ; NAmE ˈklɑːzət /
            LDC
            closet1 noun
            closet2 adjective
            closet3 verb
            closetclos‧et1 /ˈklɒzɪt $ ˈklɑː-, ˈklɒː-/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
            Word Origin
            Examples
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            Collocations
            Phrases
            1especially American English a cupboard built into the wall of a room from the floor to the ceilingwardrobe:  a closet full of beautiful clothes2come out of the closet a)to tell people that you are homosexual after hiding the fact SYN  come out b)to admit something or to start to discuss something that was kept secret before3be in the closet American English informal to not tell people that you are homosexual
            water closet
            , → a skeleton in the closet
            at skeleton(5)
            closet1 noun
            closet2 adjective
            closet3 verb
            closetcloset2 adjective
            Examples
            Thesaurus
            closet homosexual/alcoholic etc someone who is a homosexual etc but who does not want to admit it:  a closet communist
            closet1 noun
            closet2 adjective
            closet3 verb
            closetcloset3 verb [transitive]
            Verb Table
            Examples
            to shut someone in a room away from other people in order to discuss something private, to be alone etcbe closeted with somebody All morning he’d been closeted with various officials.closet yourself Don’t let her closet herself away in her room.GRAMMAR Closet is usually either passive or reflexive (=followed by myself/herself etc).
            WDF

            closet

            [ˈklɒzɪt]closeted, closetting, closets

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            closeted[269] closets[1267]
            壁橱(72%),厕所(7%),密室(6%),空谈的(5%),衣帽间(5%),隐藏的(2%),不公开的(2%),把 ... 关在房间里(1%)
            n.壁橱;议事室,密室;小房间
            adj.秘密的,私下的;空谈的
            vt.把…关在私室中
            n.(Closet)人名;(法)克洛塞

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