closet和wardrobe的区别:含义不同、词性及用法不同。closet可作名词、形容词和动词,作为名词时,含义为壁橱,作为形容词时,含义为隐藏的、不公开的,作为动词时,含义为把…关在房间里;wardrobe只能作为名词,含义有衣柜、全部衣物、服装部等。
一、closet的基本释义及用法介绍
1、closet可作名词,含义为贮藏室;壁橱。
例句:The table is too big to go onto the closet.
桌子太大,放不进贮藏室里。
Could I have another shelf put in my closet?
我的壁橱里能再加一个搁板吗?
I found it in the back of the guest room closet.
我在客房壁橱后头找到的。
But there was no blood in or near the closet.
可是在壁橱的里面和附近都没有血。
2、closet还可作形容词,含义为隐藏(身份等)的;不公开(个人信息)的。
例句:I suspect he's a closet fascist.
我怀疑他是秘密的法西斯分子。
3、closet还可以作动词,含义为把…关在房间里(尤指为了私下会谈或避免他人打扰)。
例句:He was closeted with the President for much of the day.
他与总统闭门进行了几乎大半天的密谈。
She had closeted herself away in her room.
她把自己关在房间里不见任何人。
He used to closet himself with a book.
过去他常把自己关在小房间里读书。
二、wardrobe的中文含义及双语例句
wardrobe作为名词,含义有衣柜;衣橱;(英国)放置衣物的壁橱;(一个人的)全部衣物;(剧院或电视公司的)服装部,戏装保管室。
例句:There were several expensive suits hanging in the wardrobe.
衣柜里挂着几套昂贵的衣服。
Jeans are a staple part of everyone's wardrobe.
在每个人的衣橱里,牛仔裤是必不可少的。
She reached into the wardrobe and extracted another tracksuit.
她伸手又从衣橱里取出一件运动服。
In the wardrobe department were rows of costumes.
戏装部有一排排的戏装。