英语词汇closet的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	closet
词源	closet. To be in the closet originally referred to any drinker who tried to hide his drinking from others. Later, in about 1959, the U.S. term was first applied to gays, especially in the expression come out of the closet.
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