| 单词 | pigeonhole |
| 释义 | pigeonhole (once / 12960 pages) nv A pigeonhole is a small nesting area for a pigeon, or a similarly cozy compartment or alcove. If you feel like you're stuck in a restrictive category — only thought of as someone's sister, for example — that's another kind of pigeonhole. A cubbyhole in your desk is one kind of pigeonhole, and the little box where a domesticated pigeon sleeps is another. These original meanings date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By the 1870s, pigeonhole had also come to mean "an overly simplistic or restrictive category," and also "to assign someone to a rigid category." So when you assume that a circus clown couldn't also be a brilliant mathematician, you have pigeonholed him. WORD FAMILYpigeonhole: pigeonholed, pigeonholes, pigeonholing+/pigeonholing: pigeonholings USAGE EXAMPLESMcEachin said he does not want to be pigeonholed as someone primarily concerned with police shootings and voting rights. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) Many hockey players who start their careers as a physical presence are pigeonholed as fourth-line energizers. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) But Mr. Levy was then confronted with that age-old show business conundrum: How do you prevent yourself from being pigeonholed? New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1n a small compartment Syn|Hyper cubbyhole compartment a space into which an area is subdivided 2n a specific (often simplistic) category Hyper category a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme 3v place into a small compartment Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 4v treat or classify according to a mental stereotype Syn|Hyper stamp, stereotype assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out arrange or order by classes or categories |
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