| 词汇 | pigeonhole |
| 释义 | pigeonhole noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/ us /ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/ one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people: 鸽笼式分类架;信件格;文件格 Leave the report in my pigeonhole when you've read it.你看完后把报告放在我的分类架里。 David Pagán/EyeEm/GettyImages Communications - the postal system addy BFPO care ofidiom catch the post collection box consignee delivery direct mail dispatch first class Freepost mail slot postage postbox poste restante postmark self-addressed stamp window zip code Idiomput something/someone in a pigeonhole pigeonhole verb[ T ] uk /ˈpɪdʒ.ən.həʊl/ us /ˈpɪdʒ.ən.hoʊl/ 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哪一类。 to put something away or leave it until a later time: 搁置，留置 Consultants found the experience frustrating - their reports were only partly implemented, or, worse still, just pigeonholed.顾问们感到相当沮丧——他们的报告只是被部分实施，或更糟糕地只是束之高阁。 Classifying and creating order alphabetize anti-hierarchical arrange arrangement arranger concordance describe macrocosm miscatalogue misclassification misclassify miscode mislabel shake someone down short-list shortlist sort sort something out unstratified unstructured You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Delaying and wasting time pigeonhole | American Dictionarypigeonhole verb[ T ] us/ˈpɪdʒ·ənˌhoʊl/ to put someone or something into a group or type, often unfairly: He’s was pigeonholed early on in his career as a gospel singer. pigeonhole | Business Englishpigeonhole verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈpɪdʒənhəʊl/us disapproving to form a fixed and often unfair idea of what someone or something is like: They say reviewers are pigeonholing their studies and making unfair judgements about potentially useful research. be pigeonholed as sthWe decided to drop the .com in our name because we didn't want to be pigeonholed as an internet company. I was pigeonholed early in my career. pigeonhole noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɪdʒənhəʊl/us WORKPLACE one of a set of small boxes along a wall in which mail, messages, etc. can be left: She left her business card in my pigeonhole. disapproving a particular group of similar things that people or things are put into: put sb/sth in a pigeonholeMy boss put me in a pigeonhole, so I was never considered for work in other departments. |
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