单词 | closet |
释义 | clos·et I. 1. a. < that diplomacy at critical stages is something for the closet and not a mass meeting — C.G.Bowers > b. chiefly Midland 2. 3. < closet of the heart > 4. 5. II. 1. < a closet utterance > < closet vows > 2. archaic < closet prayer > 3. a. < a closet politician > b. < the danger of intellectual anemia which threatens all closet philosophers — M.R.Cohen > < the universe refutes our closet rationalizations — W.L.Sullivan > III. 1. < he closeted himself in a phone booth > 2. < the inspector was closeted with the district attorney > IV. < he comes out of the closet and unabashedly urges socialism — New Times > V. < a closet racist > < a closet reader … during her years in the limelight as a dancer — John Updike > |
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