categorize

1. V-T If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to. 把…分类

Lindsay, like his films, is hard to categorize. 就像他演的电影难于归类一样，很难说林赛属于哪一类演员。

Make a list of your child's toys and then categorize them as sociable or antisocial. 把你孩子的玩具列个清单，然后将之分为交际型和非交际型。

2. categorizationN-VAR 分类

Her first novel defies easy categorization. 她的处女作小说不容易归类。