Pigeonhole
['pɪdʒɪnhəʊl] or ['pɪdʒɪnhol]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a specific (often simplistic) category.
(verb.) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; 'I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European'.
(verb.) place into a small compartment.
伊莱恩整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.
(v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.
編輯:沃尔夫冈