| 释义 |
pigeonhole
UK ['pɪdʒ.ən.həʊl] US [-hoʊl] noun countable
■one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people 文件格；信件格；鸽笼式分类架•Leave the report in my pigeonhole when you've read it.你看完后把报告放在我的文件格里。
UK ['pɪdʒ.ən.həʊl] US [-hoʊl] noun countable
put sth/sb in a pigeonhole usually disapproving
■to form a very fixed, often wrong, opinion about what type of person or thing someone or something is 轻率主观地把…归类
UK ['pɪdʒ.ən.həʊl] US [-hoʊl] verb transitive usually disapproving
■to have an often unfair idea of what type someone or something is 把…不公平地分类•He is a film producer who can't be conveniently pigeonholed.他是个电影制片人，不能把他简单地归于一类。 ■to put away or leave until a later time 搁置，留置•Consultants found the experience frustrating - their reports were only partly implemented, or, worse still, just pigeonholed.对于自己的报告只有部分被采行，或更糟糕地被束之高阁的这种经历，顾问们都感相当沮丧。 |