n.[C]

1. 壁櫥；碗櫥；衣櫥
   Hang your overcoat in the closet.

   把你的大衣掛在衣櫥裡。

2. （讀書或祈禱用的）私室，小房間
3. （國王，官吏等的）議事室，密室
4. 【舊】盥洗室，廁所

a.

1. 私下的，祕密的
   We must guard against closet racists.

   我們必須警惕隱蔽的種族主義者。

2. 閉門造車的，空談的

vt.

1. 把……關在私室中；把……引進密室會談[H][（+together/with）]
   The managers were closeted together in the office.

   經理們在辦公室密談。

   He used to closet himself with a book.

   過去他常把自己關在小房間裡讀書。

n.

1. chiefly N. Amer. a tall cupboard or wardrobe.
2. a small room.
   ▸archaic a toilet.
3. (the closet) (especially with reference to homosexuality) a state of secrecy or concealment.
   ▸ [as modifier] secret; covert:

   a closet socialist.

v.

1. shut away in private conference or study:
   he was closeted with the king.
2. [as adj. closeted] keeping something, especially one's homosexuality, secret.