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 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 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。
• The thought and analysis of the "pigeonhole design" used in solution;
  对解题中鸽笼设计的思考与分析；
• Research of fast comprehensive tunnelling technology on deep well highland pigeonhole rock Tunnel
  深井高地压岩石巷道快速综合掘进技术研究
• 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；
• Rebecca is a pigeon with no pigeonhole.
  丽贝卡是一位难以形容的漂亮姑娘。
• More fundamentally, it is not possible to pigeonhole functions as neatly as the Court seemed to assume.
  更根本地讲，没有可能依法院假定的那样，可以恰到好处地把各类职能分门别类。
• 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。
• 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。
• System uses real time-recover the pigeonhole log of database to implement data synchronization of the host server database.
  系统采用实时恢复数据库归档日志的方法，对主服务器端数据库进行数据同步。当数据库发生灾难性毁坏，容灾监控系统的容灾功能将进行容灾备份，从而保证业务的连续性。