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pigeonhole

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pi·geon·hole1 /ˈpɪdʒənhəʊl $ -hoʊl/ noun [countableC]  
TCMone of a set of small open boxes fixed to a wall. You leave letters, messages etc for particular people in the boxes. 〔墙上的〕鸽笼式分类架，信件格，文件格
Examples from the Corpus
pigeonhole• There were empty arched pigeonholes at the back, fretted and carved, and two empty little drawers.• The male experience is seen as a universal experience, while the female experience is put in a different pigeonhole.• The judicial difficulties that arise when fitting variation into pigeonholes are testimony to evolution.• Hence Buckshot LeFonque, a group devoted to the idea of making pigeonholes a thing of the past.• Surely the people shoved in and out of these pigeonholes have not themselves changed so vastly and so often.• She got up and crossed to a little antique rosewood desk with pigeonholes and tiny drawers along the top.
pigeonhole2 verb [transitiveT]  
TYPEto unfairly consider a person, activity etc as belonging to a particular type or group 把〔某人或某活动等〕妄加分类，把…片面归档 SYN label
pigeonhole somebody/something as something
 Patsy was pigeonholed as a Country and Western singer, but that’s too simple.
帕齐被归类为乡村和西部音乐歌手，但这有点太片面了。
Examples from the Corpus
pigeonhole• The new president is not easily pigeonholed.• Most people don't think of him as a real actor. He is pigeonholed as an action movie star.• It is difficult to decide whether Sun and Peng can be pigeonholed as belonging to a particular school, trend or coterie.• Joe Kennedy, like Clinton, is not easily pigeonholed as liberal, very much like his anti-bigness, pro-empowerment father.• You shouldn't pigeonhole people according to your first impressions of them.• Bird-watchers have an austere view of existence: that which can not be pigeonholed should be shot.• When your band becomes successful, people immediately try to pigeonhole you, but we're into all kinds of music - dance, rock, jazz, blues.
From Longman Business Dictionary
pigeonholepi·geon·hole1 /ˈpɪdʒənhəʊl-hoʊl/ verb [transitiveT]
to consider a person, activity etc as belonging to a particular type or group, in a way that is too simple and therefore unfairSYN LABEL
Electronic books and multimedia had originally been pigeonholed as a small, exclusive market.
pigeonholepigeonhole2 noun [countableC]OFFICE
one of a set of small boxes in a frame on a wall, in which you can put letters etc for people to collect, or one of a set of small boxes that are part of a desk
I left a copy of the report in your pigeonhole.
pi·geon·hole1 nounpigeonhole2 verb
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BNC: 39470 COCA: 27856
BNC: 39470 COCA: 27856
BNC: 39470 COCA: 27856
pigeonhole
Containers for letters, documents and office equipment: cubbyhole, desk tidy, file...
To categorize things: sort, classify, characterize...

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