pigeonhole

[US]/'pɪdʒɪnhəʊl/
[UK]/'pɪdʒɪnhol/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 鴿捨出入口小房間文件架上的小間隔
vt. 把…擱在分類架上;把…留在記憶中;緩辦
Word Forms
過去分詞pigeonholed
複數pigeonholes
現在分詞pigeonholing
第三人稱單數pigeonholes
過去式pigeonholed

Phrases & Collocations

get pigeonholed

被死板思維限制

avoid being pigeonholed

避免被死板思維限制

Example Sentences

to put someone in a pigeonhole

把某人分類

avoid being pigeonholed into a specific role

避免被固定在特定角色中

pigeonhole a book in the library

在圖書館裏把一本書歸類

don't pigeonhole me based on my appearance

不要根據我的外表把我定性

the project doesn't fit neatly into any pigeonhole

這個項目不容易被歸類

Real-world Examples

The inner part was divided into pigeonholes, all bulging with papers.

裏面被分成了一個個的信件格,全部塞滿了文件。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

I think it says a lot of what athletes can do that we're not just pigeonholed to sports.

我認爲這說明了很多運動員能做的事情,我們不只是被歸類於體育。

Source: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People

But it's not so easy to pigeonhole these days.

不過現在卻沒那麼容易區分開來。

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Our room faced the lobby, and there were these pigeonhole mailboxes.

我們的房間正對着大廳,那裏放着一些信箱郵箱。

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

When you label yourself as shy like that, your pigeonholing your entire personality.

當你給自己貼上害羞之類的標籤時,就侷限了自己的整個性格。

Source: Science in Life

Those projects were all so indelible in their way that I could imagine being pigeonholed was a problem.

這些項目都是如此不可磨滅,以致於我可以想象被歸類是一個問題。

Source: New York Times

Later, he pilfered some pigeons from another's pigeonhole.

後來,他又從別人的鴿巢裏偷鴿子。

Source: Pan Pan

If you advertise how much wealth you own, people might make assumptions about you or pigeonhole you into harmful stereotypes.

宣揚自己擁有的財富,會讓他人對你做出假設認定,或將你看做不良的刻板印象。

Source: Science in Life

Yeah, I don't think you can pigeonhole.

是的,我不認爲你可以歸類。

Source: Sway

She was sorting, marking, and pigeonholing various papers and envelopes.

她正在整理、標記和歸類各種文件和信封。

Source: Medium-rare steak

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