in the closet
in the closet 是习语，常指隐瞒性取向，也可泛指隐藏秘密。
She remained in the closet until her thirties.
她三十多岁前一直不公开自己的性取向。
衣柜；衣橱；秘密状态；隐秘；不公开；厕所；盥洗室；私人小房间；私室；（纹章）窄条；细横条
A small room or cupboard used to store things such as clothes, food, or household supplies.
美式英语常指嵌入墙壁的衣橱
房屋内用于存放衣物、食物或其他家居用品的小房间。
A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
用于存储的小房间、凹室或橱柜
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
私室,小房间
A private cabinet, (particularly):
英国指厕所
a toilet in Britain
一种普通纹章,类似于横条但宽度减半
An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
带门和挂衣杆的高大衣柜
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
秘密、隐私或隐匿的状态
A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
She hung her coat in the closet before dinner.
晚餐前她把外套挂在了壁橱里。
用法提示：closet 作名词，表示存放衣物的壁橱。
We need to organize the closet because it's too messy.
我们需要整理壁橱，因为它太乱了。
用法提示：closet 作名词，指储物空间。
The children hid in the closet during the game of hide-and-seek.
孩子们在捉迷藏时躲在壁橱里。
用法提示：closet 作名词，表示可以躲藏的小房间。
in the closet 是习语，常指隐瞒性取向，也可泛指隐藏秘密。
She remained in the closet until her thirties.
她三十多岁前一直不公开自己的性取向。
come out of the closet 与 in the closet 相对，表示公开秘密，尤其指公开性取向。
He came out of the closet to his family last year.
他去年向家人出柜了。
closet 作普通名词时指储物间、壁橱或衣柜；这个结构表示把某物存放在橱柜里。
We keep the cleaning supplies in a closet under the stairs.
我们把清洁用品放在楼梯下的储物间里。
英式英语常用 cupboard 指壁橱/橱柜；美式英语则多说 closet。cupboard 多带搁板，常放餐具或食物。
wardrobe 是可移动的衣柜家具，强调挂放衣物；closet 在美式英语中多指固定在墙内的壁橱。
cabinet 通常指带抽屉或玻璃门的柜子，尺寸较小，用于餐具、文件等；closet 更偏向一个储存空间或大橱。
storeroom 是专门储物的房间，通常比 closet 大，不是家具。
pantry 专指存放食品和餐具的小房间/橱柜，语义比 closet 窄。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a new closet for my bedroom.
正确表达I bought a new wardrobe for my bedroom.
closet 指固定在墙内的储藏室或壁橱，不是可以单独买回家的家具；可移动的立式衣柜英语用 wardrobe。
grammar · medium
易错句子I put my shoes in closet.
正确表达I put my shoes in the closet.
closet 是可数名词，单数前需要限定词（如 the）；中文里没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉 the。
针对“秘密、隐私或隐匿的状态”这一抽象义项；不适用于“壁橱/储物间”等具体义。中译可作“公开状态；坦诚”。
closet 指嵌入墙壁或作为小房间的储物空间；cabinet 多指独立或固定的柜式家具，常带搁板或抽屉。
closet 是房间里的储物室或壁橱；wardrobe 指独立的高大衣柜，专用来挂放衣物。
closet 泛指储物房间或壁橱；cupboard 特指厨房里存放餐具、食物等的柜子。
步入式衣橱
Their bedroom has a large walk-in closet.
他们的卧室有一个很大的步入式衣橱。
家用织物柜
She folded the towels and put them in the linen closet.
她把毛巾叠好放进家用织物柜。
壁橱空间；储物空间
The apartment doesn't have much closet space.
这套公寓没有多少壁橱空间。
抽水马桶；卫生间（旧时的英式说法）
The flat has a separate water closet.
这套公寓有一个独立的卫生间。
公开表明性取向；出柜
She came out of the closet to her family last year.
她去年向家人出柜了。
不可告人的秘密；家丑
Every politician has a skeleton in the closet.
每个政客都有不可告人的秘密。
公开自己的秘密（尤指性取向）；出柜
It took him years to come out of the closet to his family.
他花了好几年才向家人公开自己的同性恋身份。
不可告人的秘密；家丑
Every family has a skeleton in the closet.
每个家庭都有不可告人的秘密。
隐瞒自己的同性恋身份；不公开性取向
He stayed in the closet at work for years.
他在工作中多年隐瞒自己的同性恋身份。
我在衣橱里，我在黑暗中。
She sings that she is in the closet and in the dark, suggesting she is hiding from the world.
她唱道她待在衣橱里、身处黑暗中，暗示她正在逃避外界。
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