pigeonholed 的 2 个定义
- one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- a hole or recess, or one of a series of recesses, for pigeons to nest in.
- Also called pigeon hole, white hole. Printing. white space created by setting words or lines too far apart.
pi·geon·holed, pi·geon·hol·ing.
- to assign to a definite place or to definite places in some orderly system: to pigeonhole new ideas.
- to lay aside for use or reference at some later, indefinite time: We must pigeonhole this excellent plan until the time is ripe.
- to put aside for the present, especially with the intention of ignoring or forgetting, often indefinitely: to pigeonhole an unwanted invitation.
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pigeonholed 近义词
categorize; shelve
更多pigeonholed例句
- As noted by Emma Sona, the pigeonhole principle dictated that having a fifth cut meant that one of the four corners would have two cuts.
- Did you every feel like Hollywood was trying to pigeonhole you as the token “hot” woman?
- In high school especially, kids often pigeonhole each other to make themselves feel better about their own differences.
- In any trial, he would be hard to pigeonhole and harder to control.
- Kitty ran into Crozier's room, thrust the letter into its pigeonhole in the desk, and in a moment was back again.
- “I see,” said Loris, reaching into a pigeonhole and drawing out a small yellow check-book.
- She tied it up, so to speak, in a neat package and put it in a pigeonhole.
- The Lone Ranger reasoned that the object, whatever it was, had been in the last disordered pigeonhole.
- Each classified group is metaphorically a pigeonhole to contain similar material.