pigeonhole

英 [ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl]

美 [ˈpɪdʒɪnhoʊl]

n.  信件格; 开口文件格
v.  将(某人)轻率分类; 主观划分(某人)为; 搁置; 将…束之高阁; 不予处理

复数：pigeonholes　过去分词：pigeonholed　过去式：pigeonholed　现在分词：pigeonholing　第三人称单数：pigeonholes　

BNC.39470 / COCA.27856

牛津词典

noun

• 信件格；开口文件格
  one of a set of small boxes that are fixed on a wall and open at the front, used for putting letters, messages, etc. in; one of a similar set of boxes that are part of a desk, used for keeping papers, documents, etc. in
  1. If you can't come, leave a note in my pigeonhole.
     你若不能来，在我的信件格里留张便条。

verb

• 将（某人）轻率分类；主观划分（某人）为
  to decide that sb belongs to a particular group or type without thinking deeply enough about it and considering what other qualities they might have
  1. He has been pigeonholed as a children's writer.
     他硬被归入儿童文学作家之列。
• 搁置；将…束之高阁；不予处理
  to decide to deal with sth later or to forget it
  1. Plans for a new school have been pigeonholed.
     建新学校的计划搁在一边了。

柯林斯词典

• （置于墙上或书桌中的）鸽笼式分类架，信件（或文件）格
  Apigeon-holeis one of the sections in a frame on a wall where letters and messages can be left for someone, or one of the sections in a writing desk where you can keep documents.
• VERB （常指未全面考虑特质或特点地）给…分类，把…归类
  Topigeon-holesomeone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics.
  1. He felt they had pigeonholed him...
     他感到他们硬把自己划入了某一类人。
  2. I don't want to be pigeonholed as a kids' presenter.
     我不想被归类为儿童节目主持人。
• N-COUNT 类别；类型
  If you put someone in a particularpigeon-hole, you decide that they belong in a particular category.
  1. Because I had an unusual accent people were not able to put me into a pigeon-hole.
     因为我与众不同的口音，人们无法把我归入任何一类。

英英释义

noun

• a small compartment
  Synonym:cubbyhole
• a specific (often simplistic) category

verb

• treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
  1. I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European
  Synonym:stereotypestamp
• place into a small compartment

双语例句

• A pigeonhole flat serves well as a temporary lodging for new grads, but it doesn't address their long-term needs for accommodation, he said.
  他说，这种蜗居适合新毕业的大学生们暂时居住，但无法满足其长期居住的需要。
• There was a message in his pigeonhole when he returned to the hotel.
  当他回到饭店时，他的信件架里有一封信。
• So the problem that the carrying capacity of large tonnage and long whole wire rope and wire rope pigeonhole quality can't be measured was solved.
  解决了大吨位长整钢丝绳的实际承载力和钢丝绳压扣质量无法检测的问题。
• ROSE TREMAIN is a difficult author to pigeonhole.
  萝丝？崔梅是一位难以定性的作家。
• This paper describes three questions; that is, the mapping background of pigeonhole principle by using the corresponding relation between different sets;
  利用集合间的对应关系阐述了鸽笼原理的映射背景；
• If I teacher, I will certainly not assign a lot of homework, pigeonhole student gasp for breath.
  假如我是老师，我一定不会布置一大堆作业，压得学生喘不过气来。
• A postman picks up a letter from a pile, looks at the address and slowly puts it into a pigeonhole.
  一名邮差从一堆信中拿起一封，看了看地址，慢慢将其放入一个信箱。
• The pigeonhole principle is a important principle in combinatorics.
  鸽巢原理是组合学中一个非常重要的原理。
• If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.
  如果有了正确的理论，只是把它空谈一阵，束之高阁，并不实行，那末，这种理论再好也是没有意义的。
• You major in what you are interested in learning more about, but that doesnt pigeonhole you into one type of opportunity.
  你对关于自己的专业更有兴趣想要多了解了解，但这并不是要把你变成一种职业类型人士的机会。