a pigeonhole in sth
常用 in 说明格子所在的位置或家具。
She keeps the receipts in a pigeonhole in her desk.
她把收据放在书桌的一个文件格里。
类别；分类；小隔间；狭小房间；鸽巢；鸽舍格；小窗口；小孔；鸽舍或鸽笼中用于容纳鸽子的开放隔间之一。
A small open compartment in a desk or on shelves, used for sorting and storing letters, papers, or other items.
鸽舍或鸽笼中用于容纳鸽子的开放隔间之一。
One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft.
桌子、架子等用于分类或存放信件、文件或其他物品的开放隔间之一。
One of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting or storing letters, papers, or other items.
房间或其他地方的隔间或小隔间,尤其是过于狭小的。
A compartment or cubicle in a room or other place, especially one which is (excessively) small.
用于观察或传递物品的小开口。
A small opening for looking or passing things through.
将某人或某物置于的概念类别或类。
A notional category or class into which someone or something is placed.
The teacher sorted the tests into pigeonholes according to student last names.
老师根据学生的姓氏把试卷分类放入格子架里。
用法提示：这里pigeonhole作名词，指分类用的格子架。
The old barn had several pigeonholes in the wall for the birds to nest in.
旧谷仓的墙上有好几个鸽洞供鸽子筑巢。
用法提示：pigeonhole作名词，指墙上供鸽子进出或筑巢的小洞。
She placed each memo in its proper pigeonhole on the desk organizer.
她把每份备忘录放在办公桌上整理架对应的格子里。
用法提示：pigeonhole作名词，指桌面整理架上的小隔间。
常用 in 说明格子所在的位置或家具。
She keeps the receipts in a pigeonhole in her desk.
她把收据放在书桌的一个文件格里。
for 后面接这个格子所存放的对象或使用者。
There is a pigeonhole for each member of staff beside the door.
门旁边每个员工都有一个信件格。
这里指抽象的分类，常含贬义，暗示把人简单化。
Critics tried to put her in a pigeonhole as a romantic novelist.
批评者试图把她归入言情小说家的类别里。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are several pigeonhole on the wall for staff mail.
正确表达There are several pigeonholes on the wall for staff mail.
pigeonhole 是可数名词；several 表示不止一个，后面的可数名词必须用复数 pigeonholes。汉语名词本身没有复数词尾，学习者容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子I left the form in pigeonhole by the door.
正确表达I left the form in the pigeonhole by the door.
pigeonhole 是可数名词单数，这里特指门边那个文件格，前面需要定冠词 the；汉语常直接说“放在门边的格子里”，没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please put the envelope on my pigeonhole.
正确表达Please put the envelope in my pigeonhole.
pigeonhole 指用来放信件的开放式格子，东西要放进格子内部，所以用介词 in；用 on 会表示放在格子顶部或外表面。汉语说“放在我的文件格里”用“里”，但学习者可能受 on the desk 等搭配影响误用 on。
泛指任何被分隔出的小空间或容器分格，如车厢隔间、包内分袋；而 pigeonhole 特指书桌或架子上用来分拣存放信件、文件的开放式小格。
指用隔板围出、可供人坐进去工作或更衣的小空间；pigeonhole 容不下人，只是存放纸张信件的敞口小格。
指细长的开口，如投币口、信件投递口，也可指抽象的时段或名单位置；pigeonhole 是可以直接伸手取放的敞开方格，不是窄缝。
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