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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

closet ['klɔzɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c] [US] 壁橱[英 = cupboard]
  2. 2. adjective 隐蔽
    to come out of the closet
    [fig] 从隐蔽状态转为公开

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

closet [ˈklɒzɪt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 储物间;橱柜壁橱
    I moved the boxes upstairs and put them in the closet.
    我把那些箱子搬上楼,放在壁橱里。
  2. 2. n.[c] [British English] [Slang] 厕所洗手间
    She told me that, as a child, she was very proud of their W.C. (water closet).
    告诉作为小孩,她很为他们的卫生间感到自豪
  3. 3. n.[c] 衣柜衣橱
    Hang up all of your clothes in the closet, please.
    请把你的所有衣服都挂在衣橱里。
  4. 4. n.[c] 小房间,私室
    She goes into her prayer closet most evenings to talk to God.
    大多数晚上都会到祷告室去和上帝交流
  5. 5. adjective 秘密的暗中的,私下
  6. 6. vt. 将……关在房间
    She could no longer help them closeting their secrets.
    无法再帮他们保密了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

closet ['klɒzɪt]
  1. 1. n a small cupboard or recess
  2. 2. n a small private room
  3. 3. n short for water closet
  4. 4. n [modifier] private or secret
  5. 5. n [modifier] suited or appropriate for use in private
    closet meditations
  6. 6. n [modifier] [US and Canadian] based on or devoted to theory; speculative
    a closet strategist
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation
  8. 8. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from clos enclosure; see close1

Examples

closet thinking
不切实际的想法
a walkin closet
大得可以走进去的壁橱
When they come, duck into the closet!
他们来的话,你就躲到壁橱里!
to come out of the closet
[fig] 从隐蔽状态转为公开
Diffused voices could be heard from the closet.
从壁橱里传来隐约的声音。

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