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

• Firstly, this system realizes many functions which mostly aim at unsecret documents-handling, such as issue on web, passing round for perusal, pigeonhole, inquiring etc, and meets great part needs on administrative documents management.
  首先，实现了大部分非密公文的网上发布、传阅、归档、查询等功能，满足了行政公文管理的大部分需求。
• 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。
• The letter lay unopened in the travel firm's pigeonhole
  那封信被放在旅游公司的文件架上，一直没有拆封。
• 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。
• 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。
• ROSE TREMAIN is a difficult author to pigeonhole.
  萝丝？崔梅是一位难以定性的作家。
• Yet, to realize the functions as automatic pigeonhole, register, destroy, distribute, query and use of military operation document based on XML, the mature technique of relation database must be used.
  但是，要实现基于XML的作战文书的自动归档、立卷、销毁、分发、查询和利用等功能，就必须结合成熟的关系数据库技术。
• Joe wants me to check his pigeonhole in the Department on my way home.
  乔要我在回家的路上去系里看看他的信箱。
• Don't pigeonhole me! There are a lot of other things I can do besides just answer phones!
  别把我框死在一个岗位上！除了接电话，我还可以做许多其他事情！
• 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。