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closet 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈkläzit/,
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closets, plural;
  1. Secret; covert
    • - a closet alcoholic
Verb
  1. Shut (someone) away, esp. in private conference or study
    • - he was closeted with the king
    • - he returned home and closeted himself in his room
  2. In a state of concealment, esp. about one's homosexuality

Noun
  1. A small room or cupboard used for storing things

  2. A small, private room used for prayer or study

  3. A toilet

  4. A state of secrecy or concealment, esp. about one's homosexuality
    • - lesbians who had come out of the closet
  1. cupboard: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  2. confine to a small space, as for intensive work
  3. water closet: a toilet in Britain
  4. wardrobe: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
  5. a small private room for study or prayer
  6. A closet (especially in North American usage) is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. A closet for food storage is usually referred to as a pantry. ...
  7. A cabinet was one of a number of terms for a private room in the domestic architecture and that of palaces of Early Modern Europe, serving as a study or retreat, usually for a man; the cabinet would be furnished with books and works of art, and sited adjacent to his bedchamber, the equivalent of ...
  8. Closeted and in the closet are metaphors used to describe a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) person who has not disclosed his or her sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior.
  9. The Closet (Le placard) is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. The screenplay focuses on a man whose life takes on surprisingly new dimensions when he pretends to be gay in order to keep his job.
  10. The Closet is a 2007 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kin-Nam Cho.
  11. A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored; A small private chamber; A toilet; a water closet; The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet; Secretly; To have a private meeting
  12. (Closets) A well-organized closet can be one of the most valuable areas in your house. We can "create" up to 30 percent more storage space by filling the walls completely with well designed components.  And the resulting organization makes it easy to find whatever you’re looking for. ...
  13. (Closets) “These clothes look hideous when they’re not on my body. In fact, they belong behind closed doors.” (No pun intended.)
  14. An enclosed space for housing telecommunications and networking equipment, cable terminations, and cross-connect cabling. It contains the horizontal cross connect where the backbone cable cross-connects with the horizontal cable.
  15. As a homosexual, Lorca signifies through his writing the importance of the repression of the Closet. In La Casa de Bernarda Alba the closet is represented by the house, and Bernarda is an agent of the closet reinforcing its strength. ...
  16. secret (adjective); also in the closet, and out of the closet, usually used for someone who is hiding the fact that he or she is gay.
  17. A term used for a Toilet.
  18. Usually reserved for First Class passengers, this is a small area that accepts hanging garment bags or other odd-shaped items. Use of the closet is at the discretion of the flight attendant (so be nice!)
  19. As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luk 12:24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Mat 6:6; Luk 12:3).
  20. As in The King's Closet, or The Queen's Closet - a small room used as a private chapel or prayer-room. Henry VIII married Jane Seymour in The Queen's Closet at Whitehall Palace.
  21. A psychological and social space of silence and secrecy. GLBTQ people often remain "in the closet" because they fear rejection, discrimination, and violence, or because they're struggling with shame and internalized homophobia.
  22. (1) a lockable room of varying dimensions and locations used to house, protect, power and environmentally protect communications frames, cross connect systems, and equipment. (2) a lockable room or access point generally designated as "telephone" or "data" depending upon its major use. ...
  23. Originally, any small room, such as a study, where an individual could withdraw in privacy.
  24. Passenger aircraft are often equipped with a small closet, usually toward the front of the plane where odd-shaped and hanging items can be stowed. It is sometimes reserved for premium classes, but may be available to economy passengers upon request.
  25. common term for IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame), the physical location of switching computers called "hubs," which distribute data via designated "ports" to individual IP-addressed equipment in offices, labs and workrooms. ...