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

• 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。
• The Improvement on pigeonhole Rate and Integrality for Construction Archives
  提高基建档案的归档率和完整率
• Rebecca is a pigeon with no pigeonhole.
  丽贝卡是一位难以形容的漂亮姑娘。
• About the workflow designer, we will discuss modules designer of the workflow reference model, workflow application, workflow pigeonhole and audit database and modeling based on Petri net and the arithmetic of validate correctness.
  在工作流设计中，讨论了工作流参考模型、工作流应用程序、工作流归档和审批等模块的设计实现以及基于Petri网建模和模型正确性验证算法。
• The West may have tried too hard to pigeonhole Mr Putin, as a liberal, statist or KGB man.
  西方或许过分想将普京归为自由主义者、中央集权者或者克格勃。
• 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。
• 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。
• Leave the report in my pigeonhole when you've read it.
  你读完把报告放在我的分类架里。
• Using essentially the same argument, we can prove the following more general statement of the pigeonhole principle.
  用实质上相同的论证，我们可以证明下面关于鸽巢原理更一般的结论。
• A letter for Mr redding? Look in the pigeonhole for'r '.
  雷丁先生的一封信？找以r打头的信件格。