pigeonholes
n. 信函分拣台格架,分拣台(pigeonhole 复数)
v. 把……归类;把……留在记忆中(pigeonhole 的第三人称单数形式)
例句
Imagine that 3 pigeons need to be placed into 2 pigeonholes.
设想要将3只鸽子装进2个鸽子洞里。
Amazingly, all the results come out of a basic insight from stuffing pigeons into pigeonholes.
让人感觉不可思议的是,结果都产生于对将鸽子塞入鸽子洞现象的基本理解。
While this version sounds different, it is mathematically the same as the one stated with pigeons and pigeonholes.
这一版本听起来(与前一版本)不同,但从数学意义上来说,是一致的。