比喻用法。

1. The letter lay unopened in the travel firm's pigeonhole.

那封信被放在旅游公司的文件架上，一直没有拆封。

2. If you can't come, leave a note in my pigeonhole.

你若不能来，在我的信件格里留张便条。

3. Captain Henry bothered Slote because he did not quite fit the pigeonhole.

亨利上校有劳斯鲁特费心之处,是因为他不太符合这个框框.

4. There is a message in his pigeonhole when he returned to the hotel.

当他回到饭店时,他的信件架里有一封信.

5. It breaks rules and conventions and is impossible to pigeonhole.

它打破规则和惯例,是不可能扣压.