pigeon-hole

英 ['pɪdʒənh'əʊl] 美 ['pɪdʒənh'əʊl]

• n. 鸽笼式架

英英释义

名词 pigeonhole:

1. a specific (often simplistic) category

2. a small compartment

动词 pigeonhole:

1. place into a small compartment

2. treat or classify according to a mental stereotype

经典引文

• I had privately consigned Len Ramsbottom to the pigeon-hole 'lousiest typist ever'.

  出自： R. H. Morrieson