pigeonholes

pigeonholes

美 [ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl] 　英 [ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nˌhəʊl]

• n.鸽笼的出入孔；鸽笼的区划；小房间；(写字台上的)鸽笼式文件架
• v.把(文件等)搁入分类架；把(文件等)整理起来保存；把…留在记忆中
• 网络信函分拣台格架；死胡同；信报箱格口

词形变化

复数：pigeonholes  现在分词：pigeonholing  过去式：pigeonholed  

同义词

英汉解释

n.	1. 鸽笼的出入孔;鸽笼的区划;小房间;(写字台上的)鸽笼式文件架,分类架,分信箱
v.	1. 把(文件等)搁入分类架;把(文件等)整理起来保存;把...留在记忆中;搁置,搁下来不管

英英解释

n.	1. one of the sections of an open structure in a desk or on a wall where you can put papers, letters, messages, etc. 2. one of the small holes in a structure for pigeons to live in
v.	1. to decide that someone or something belongs to a particular type or group, especially without knowing much about them

例句

Legal problems do not always fit neatly into the pigeonholes that legal theorists have created.

法律问题不可能总是与法理学家所创立的分类完全相符。

Amazingly, all the results come out of a basic insight from stuffing pigeons into pigeonholes.

让人感觉不可思议的是，结果都产生于对将鸽子塞入鸽子洞现象的基本理解。

As for Fernando, people like to put you in pigeonholes, to categorise you, to compare you.

至于费尔南多，人们总是喜欢将你归档，分类，作比较。

in contrast , the computer memory is like a cell of pigeonholes , with no thinking capacity and no connections elsewhere.

相比来说，电脑的记忆就像是文件夹中的一个盒子，没有思考的能力，也没有其他的联系。

EXAMPLE 2: My grandfather's old desk had numerous pigeonholes in which he could keep letters and bills.

在我祖父的旧桌上有很多文件格子，用来放信件和账单。

Consider again the problem of stuffing pigeons into pigeonholes and consider the average.

重新设想将鸽子装入鸽子洞，再设想一下平均值。

Imagine that 3 pigeons need to be placed into 2 pigeonholes.

设想要将3只鸽子装进2个鸽子洞里。

Behind every two or three windows, a couple go to bed every night like pigeons returning to their pigeonholes;

在两三个窗户的后边就有一对夫妻，每天晚上像鸽子那样地回到他们的鸽笼里去睡觉；