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

• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a message in his pigeonhole when he returned to the hotel.
  当他回到饭店时，他的信件架里有一封信。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's the sort of job you cannot pigeonhole& he seems to do different things every week.
  这是一种你无法分门别类的工作－他似乎每星期都在做不同的事。
• So the problem that the carrying capacity of large tonnage and long whole wire rope and wire rope pigeonhole quality can't be measured was solved.
  解决了大吨位长整钢丝绳的实际承载力和钢丝绳压扣质量无法检测的问题。