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
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THR: "Decameron" is diametrically different than "Sith." Was your selection of that project an attempt to avoid "Star Wars" pigeonholing?
报道者：《十日谈》和《西斯的复仇》完全不同。你是不是有意做了这样的选择以避免陷入《星战》的套路？
Yet she cautions against pigeonholing people: "asking what kind of job is good for an autistic is like asking what kind of job is good for a woman," she says.
然而她警告那些喜欢分类归档的人：“问什么类型的工作适合自闭症患者就像问什么类型的工作适合妇女一样，”她说。
By spotlighting the diverse company Ms. Jones keeps, the label hoped to fight the pigeonholing.
Numbers like this make pigeonholing rich women as carefree ladies-who-lunch seem inappropriate.
Just think what would happen if the government did this kind of budgetary pigeonholing for everything that politicians thought served some kind of social good.