closet

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈklɒzɪt/    美 /ˈklɑzɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
    — A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet.
  2. Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air. obsolete
    — A slepe hym toke / In hys closet.
  3. Any private or inner room, (particularly) archaic
    — VVhen come to the place vvhere vve all vvere to dine, / (A chair-lumber'd Cloſet, juſt tvvelve feet by nine) / My friend bid me vvelcome, but ſtruck me quite dumb / VVith tidings that Johnson and Burke coud not come: […]
  4. Any private or inner room, (particularly):; A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves. archaic,obsolete
    — Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette.
  5. Any private or inner room, (particularly):; A private room used for prayer or other devotions. archaic
    — When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.
  6. Any private or inner room, (particularly):; A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing. archaic,figuratively
    — [A]broad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets […]
  7. Any private or inner room, (particularly):; The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch. archaic
  8. A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord. obsolete
    — Chaplayneȝ to þe chapeles chosen þe gate... / Þe lorde loutes þerto, & þe lady als, / In-to a comly closet coyntly ho entreȝ.
  9. A private cabinet, (particularly):; One used to store valuables. obsolete
    — But heere's a Parchment... I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will.
  10. A private cabinet, (particularly):; One used to store curiosities. archaic
    — Mr. Tradescant and his wife told me they had been long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when they died.
  11. A private cabinet, (particularly):; A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet. figuratively
    — Went the sonne of god oute of the pryuy closet of the maydens wombe.
  12. A private cabinet, (particularly):; Clipping of closet case. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,slang,uncommon
  13. A private cabinet, (particularly):; One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes. Philippines,US
  14. A private cabinet, (particularly):; Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,obsolete
  15. An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
    — A Closset is the halfe of the Barre, and tenne of them maie be borne in one fielde.
  16. A sewer. Scotland,obsolete
  17. A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
  18. A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.; The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret.
    — 6 o'clock TV news specials concerning a famous Hollywood movie star who has been diagnosed with [AIDS]. It had to happen sooner or later. (In fact it probably has happened sooner, but the tenor of the times and the closets of the people were no doubt more secure.)
  19. A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room? archaic
动词 v.
  1. To shut away for private discussion. transitive
    — The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
  2. To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation. transitive
    — He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
  3. To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement. transitive
    — See what contempt is fallen on human kind; […] See Bedlam's closeted and handcuff'd charge / Surpass'd in frenzy by the mad at large;
形容词 adj.
  1. Private. not-comparable,obsolete
  2. Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet). not-comparable
    — He's a closet case.
  3. Denoting anything kept a secret or private. not-comparable

词形变化

closets plural closets present,singular,third-person closeting participle,present closeted participle,past closeted past

词汇关系

近义词
cabinet
下位词
walk-in closet storage room cupboard pantry larder cabinet wardrobe armoire press sideboard
衍生词
bed-closet broom closet cedar closet chemical closet clerk of the closet closet audit closet auger closet candlestick closet-candlestick closet case closet-chapel closet-chaplain closet-devotion closet-door closet drama closet-draught closetful Closetgate closet-help closet hook closet index closet-keeper closetlike closet-lucubration closet-meditation closet of decency closet of ease closet of the heart closet-philosopher closet picture closet-picture closet politician closet-politician closet-prayer closet-preparation closet queen closet-reasoner closet-religion closetry closet-speculation closet-student closet-study closet-vow closetwork closet-work closety come out of the broom closet come out of the closet cybercloset dry closet earth closet Fibber McGee's closet food closet glass closet hide in the closet hot closet in the closet linen closet monster closet powder closet skeleton in one's closet skeleton in the closet spear closet the closet is glass the closet is made of glass water-closet water closet watercloset WC closeted closet oneself
相关词
out come out come out of the closet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
词源 2
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
词源 3
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
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