closeted adj. 私下密谈的
v. 私下密谈(closet的过去式和过去分词)
- He was closeted there for hours at a time.
他在那里闭门不出,一干就是几个小时。 - Yet he concedes that “most [gay] people choose to remain closeted”.
在印度教信徒中,至少,这很大程度上是因为同性恋被看做是家庭生活的威胁。 - But the closeted John insists on keeping their relationship secret.
但活在衣柜里的约瀚,要史提芬答应不可把两人的关系公诸于世。
Closet \Clos"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.{Closeted} p. pr. & vb. n.
{Closeting}.]
1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.]
Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. --Cowper.
2. To make into a closet for a secret interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to closet its
members. --Bancroft.
He had been closeted with De Quadra. --Froude.