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

• 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。
• Methods: The rate of pigeonhole of 7220 medical records from hospital patients is calculated by random sample.
  方法：随机抽取出院患者7220份病案，计算病案归档率。
• 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。
• 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。
• You major in what you are interested in learning more about, but that doesnt pigeonhole you into one type of opportunity.
  你对关于自己的专业更有兴趣想要多了解了解，但这并不是要把你变成一种职业类型人士的机会。
• ROSE TREMAIN is a difficult author to pigeonhole.
  萝丝？崔梅是一位难以定性的作家。
• The Improvement on pigeonhole Rate and Integrality for Construction Archives
  提高基建档案的归档率和完整率
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。