单词 | to be closeted with |
释义 | > as lemmasto be closeted with (also together) (b) transitive. In passive. Esp. in to be closeted with (also together). Often with the implication of private or secret discussion or negotiation (cf. sense 3). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > be enclosed [verb (intransitive)] > with others in a private chamber to be closeted with (also together)1641 to shut upa1684 1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin ix. 72 Poysoning the Royall Nest in which he lay. Meaning the Kings Treason in which the Traitor was closeted. a1655 E. Wood Γνωστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ (1656) 155 Before Christs time Gods words being confined & closetted within the Church of the Jewes, no wonder that the Gentiles without the pale became vaine in their imaginations. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. v. 200 No Wonder they have been closetted so close lately. View more context for this quotation 1778 Earl of Malmesbury Let. 2 Oct. in Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 210 He has been already closetted, more than once, with the Empress. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iii. 49 Very like men indeed—And with her closeted for hours! 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. iii. 82 Captain Aylmer and Miss Amedroz were to be closeted together in the little back drawing-room. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Sept. 1/1 The Austrian Minister was recently closeted with the German Chancellor. 1913 Times 3 Sept. 6/4 All the officers concerned in the inquiries were closeted at Bow-street Police Station until nearly 1 o'clock this morning. 1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 178 There was Elizabeth closeted all this time with Doris Kilman. 1938 Fortune Sept. 100/1 Over at the Lord & Thomas advertising agency Jimmy Parks..was closeted with a script writer and an account executive. 1979 J. Rathbone Joseph i. v. 55 He was closeted with my father upstairs for half a day. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 June i. 14/2 Instead of billeting in their old headquarters at the Canal Hotel, they were closeted behind American military guards at the al-Rashid Hotel. < as lemmas |
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