n.[C]

1. 壁橱；碗橱；衣橱
   Hang your overcoat in the closet.

   把你的大衣挂在衣橱里。

2. （读书或祈祷用的）私室，小房间
3. （国王，官吏等的）议事室，密室
4. 【旧】盥洗室，厕所

a.

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

   我们必须警惕隐蔽的种族主义者。

2. 闭门造车的，空谈的

vt.

1. 把……关在私室中；把……引进密室会谈[H][（+together/with）]
   The managers were closeted together in the office.

   经理们在办公室密谈。

   He used to closet himself with a book.

   过去他常把自己关在小房间里读书。

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.