英语词汇“pigeonhole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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pigeonholepigeonhole1 /ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl/ noun [countable] 1one of a set of small boxes built into a desk or into a frame on a wall, into which letters or papers can be put2put somebody/something into a pigeonhole to pigeonhole someone or something

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pigeonholepigeonhole2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

pigeonhole

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pigeonhole
	he, she, it	pigeonholes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pigeonholed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pigeonholed
	he, she, it	has pigeonholed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pigeonholed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pigeonhole
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pigeonholed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pigeonholing
	he, she, it	is pigeonholing
	you, we, they	are pigeonholing
Past	I, he, she, it	was pigeonholing
	you, we, they	were pigeonholing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pigeonholing
	he, she, it	has been pigeonholing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pigeonholing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pigeonholing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pigeonholing

to decide unfairly that a person, activity, etc. belongs to a particular type or group, when the truth is more complicated than that: pigeonhole somebody as something He didn’t want to be pigeonholed as an action movie star.