| 正面 | 3497.closet 英 ['klɒzɪt]美 ['klɑzət]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. hair => harsh, literally "hairy".2. hair => har- + -sh => harsh.3. 根据词源可以看成是 hairish 简化、缩略而来。字母i都被略掉。4. 所以，该词的字面含义是“多毛的”，由此引申为“粗糙的、毛糙的”，后来又进一步引申为“声音非常的粗糙”，即声音“刺耳的、难听的”，后来又引伸出“环境非常的粗糙”，即“严酷的、严峻的、艰苦的”。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 例句： 1. I suspect he's a closet fascist.我怀疑他是秘密的法西斯分子。 closet 壁橱来自close,关闭，-et,小词后缀。 closet (n.)late 14c., from Old French closet "small enclosure, private room," diminutive of clos "enclosure," from Latin clausum "closed space, enclosure, confinement," from neuter past participle of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). In Matt. vi:6 it renders Latin cubiculum "bedchamber, bedroom," Greek tamieion "chamber, inner chamber, secret room;" thus originally in English "a private room for study or prayer." Modern sense of "small side-room for storage" is first recorded 1610s. The adjective is from 1680s, "private, secluded;" meaning "secret, unknown" recorded from 1952, first of alcoholism, but by 1970s used principally of homosexuality; the phrase come out of the closet "admit something openly" first recorded 1963, and lent new meanings to the word out.closet (v.)"shut up as in a closet" (originally usually for purposes of concealment or private consultation), 1680s, from closet (v.). Related: Closeted; closeting." |