closet是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a cupboard or a small room with a door, used for storing things, especially clothes -- （尤指放衣服的）壁櫥，壁櫃，儲藏室

  • a bedroom/linen/storage closet 臥室壁櫥／家庭日用織品櫃櫥／儲藏室

• 1 to put yourself in a place, especially a closed space, and stay there -- 關，藏，封閉

  • Two weeks before my exams I closeted myself (away) in my room with my books and I didn't speak to anyone. 考試前兩星期，我把自己關在房裡讀書，不跟任何人說話。

  • The president has been closeted with (= having a private meeting with) his advisers for several hours. 總統與顧問們已經密談了好幾個小時了。

• 2 used to refer to a belief, activity, or feeling that is kept secret from the public, usually because you are frightened of the results of it becoming known -- 私下的，秘密的，不公開的

  • a closet alcoholic/smoker 不願承認的酗酒者/吸煙者

  • Dole portrayed the president in campaign speeches as a "closet liberal". 杜爾在競選演講中將總統描繪為「藏而不露的自由主義者」。