pigeon-hole
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?pigeon-holes;過去式:?pigeon-holed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pigeon-holing;
英文詞源
- pigeon-hole (n.)
- also pigeonhole, 1570s, "a small recess for pigeons to nest in," from pigeon + hole (n.). Meaning "a compartment in a writing desk," etc. is from 1680s, based on resemblance. The verb is from 1840 literally; figurative sense of "label mentally" is from 1870.
[Y]ou will have an inspector after you with note-book and ink-horn, and you will be booked and pigeon-holed for further use when wanted. ["Civilisation--The Census," "Blackwood's Magazine," Oct. 1854]
Related: Pigeonholed.
雙語例句
- 1. A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
- 一只鴿子從塔里鉆出來，撲撲地拍打著翅膀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't care where the money comes from — that's not my pigeon.
- 我不管錢從哪兒來,那不是我的事.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.
- 鴿子從百英里之外返回窩巢.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.
- 一只鴿子沿著屋頂大搖大擺地走, 有節(jié)奏地咕咕叫.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced.
- 未等我逮到鴿子，貓就猛撲了上去。
來自辭典例句