英 [ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl] 美 [ˈpɪdʒɪnhoʊl]
n. 分类架；鸽舍出入口；小房间；鸽棚
vt. 分类；把……留在记忆中；缓办；把……隔成小格
复数pigeonholes
第三人称单数pigeonholes
现在分词pigeonholing
过去式pigeonholed
过去分词pigeonholed
pigeonhole /ˈpɪdʒɪnˌhəʊl/ [ pigeonholing pigeonholed pigeonholes ]
可数名词 A pigeonhole is 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. (墙上挂的) 信件架; (书桌上摆放的) 文件格
及物动词 To pigeonhole someone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics. (常指不考虑所有特性地) 给…分类
He felt they had pigeonholed him.
他感觉他们已经将他归入某一类了。
a specific (often simplistic) category
a small compartment
同义词： cubbyhole
place into a small compartment
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
同义词： stereotype / stamp
... pigeonhole 鸽舍 typecast 使不断扮演同一角色... label 标记 ...
分类；把…留在记忆中；缓办；把…隔成小格
分类架；鸽舍出入口；小房间；鸽棚
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。
The pigeonhole principle (more generalized)
鸽子洞原理（更为广义）
ROSE TREMAIN is a difficult author to pigeonhole.
萝丝•崔梅是一位难以定性的作家。
But it would be hard to pigeonhole him as a moderate or a hardliner.
In Los Angeles, lifestyle-identity categories that ruthlessly pigeonhole people elsewhere exist in far more porous form.
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We often like to pigeonhole things but there are so many unknowns and variables.