peg

英 [peɡ]

美 [peɡ]

n.  (木、金属或塑料)钉子，楔子，橛子，短桩; (木制或金属)帐篷短桩; 晾衣夹子
v.  用夹子夹住; 用楔子钉住; 使工资、价格等固定于某水平(或与…挂钩); 视为; 看做

复数：pegs　过去分词：pegged　现在分词：pegging　过去式：pegged　第三人称单数：pegs　

TEM8

Collins.3 / BNC.7092 / COCA.12626

短语用例

peg away (at sth)

• 坚持不懈地工作（或努力）
  to continue working hard at sth or trying to achieve sth difficult
  1. There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
     门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。

peg sb/sth↔back

• 扼止；止住；拖住
  to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead

peg out

• 死；断气
  to die

习惯用语

n.

off the peg
• 成品的；现成的
  made to a standard average size and not made especially to fit you
• He buys his clothes off the peg.
  他买的是成衣。
• off-the-peg fashions
  成衣的流行式样
bring/take sb down a peg (or two)
• 杀某人的威风；挫某人的锐气
  to make sb realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are
• He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
  需要杀杀他的威风。
a peg to hang sth on
• 借口；理由；话头
  something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain sth
a square peg (in a round hole)
• 方枘圆凿；用非所长者
  a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it

v.

be level pegging
• 势均力敌；不分胜负
  having the same score
• The contestants were level pegging after round 3.
  参赛选手在第3轮以后成绩不相上下。

牛津词典

noun

• （木、金属或塑料）钉子，楔子，橛子，短桩
  a short piece of wood, metal or plastic used for holding things together, hanging things on, marking a position, etc.
  1. There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
     门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。
• （木制或金属）帐篷短桩，橛子
  a small pointed piece of wood or metal that you attach to the ropes of a tent and push into the ground in order to hold the tent in place
• 晾衣夹子
  a piece of wood or plastic used for attaching wet clothes to a clothes line
• 弦钮；琴栓
  a wooden screw for making the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser

verb

• 用夹子夹住；用楔子钉住
  to fasten sth with
  1. All their wet clothes were pegged out on the line.
     他们的湿衣服都夹在外面的绳子上了。
  2. She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.
     她忙着用橛子把帐篷钉牢在地上。
• 使工资、价格等固定于某水平（或与…挂钩）
  to fix or keep prices, wages, etc. at a particular level
  1. Pay increases will be pegged at 5%.
     工资调升率将限定在5%。
  2. Loan repayments are pegged to your income.
     分期付还贷款按你的收入计算。
• 视为；看做
  to think of sb in a particular way
  1. She pegged him as a big spender.
     她觉得他是个大手大脚的人。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 挂钩；挂钉
  Apegis a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
  1. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
     他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
• （晾衣用的）衣夹
  Apegis a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 clothespin


• N-COUNT （金属或木制的）销钉，楔子，栓
  Apegis a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
  1. He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
     他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
  2. ...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
     锤子敲击钢栓的噪音
• VERB 用销钉（或楔子、木栓）固定
  If youpegsomething somewhere orpegitdown, you fix it there with pegs.
  1. ...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day...
     大风天试图用衣夹把双人床单固定在晾衣绳上
  2. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
     用销钉在顶上加固防护网，防止叶子落入。
  3. ...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids.
     用楔子固定在附近地面上供孩子们用的帐篷
• See also:Its currency is pegged to the dollar...UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%....a pegged European currency.level-pegging
• PHRASE 杀…的威风；挫…的锐气
  If you say that someone shouldbe brought down a pegorbe taken down a peg, you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are.
  1. We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two...
     我们认为是时候煞煞他们的嚣张气焰了。
  2. We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.
     我们乐意看到她杀威风，但不是用这种方法。
• PHRASE （衣服）非定制的，成品的
  Off-the-pegclothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
  1. ...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
     两件套西服成衣
  2. Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
     比起穿着昂贵的套装到高档饭店吃饭，他更喜欢吃汉堡、买成衣。

in AM, use 美国英语用 off-the-rack


• PHRASE 方枘圆凿；格格不入
  If you describe someone asa square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
  1. Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.
     泰勒明显不适合做这项工作——简直就是方枘圆凿。

英英释义

noun

• a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  Synonym:nog
• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
  Synonym:pintholetholepinrowlockoarlock
• regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
• a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
  Synonym:wooden leglegpegleg
• informal terms for the leg
  1. fever left him weak on his sticks
  Synonym:pinstick
• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
  Synonym:pin

verb

• stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
  1. The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
• fasten or secure with a wooden pin
  1. peg a tent
  Synonym:peg down
• pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
• succeed in obtaining a position
  1. He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  Synonym:nail downnail

双语例句

• The basic law says that Hong Kong needs to peg to a freely convertible currency.
  《基本法》规定，香港必须与一种可自由兑换的货币挂钩。
• Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.
  泰勒明显不适合做这项工作——简直就是方枘圆凿。
• We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two
  我们认为是时候煞煞他们的嚣张气焰了。
• Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
  用销钉在顶上加固防护网，防止叶子落入。
• Sam was left at the dinner table with Peg.
  萨姆被留下来陪佩格一起吃晚餐。
• I cut the peg with bolt cutters.
  我用断线钳剪断了挂物钉。
• The result is as follows: Synthesis of magnetite nanorods with PEG as template under hydrothermal condition.
  具体结果如下：以聚乙二醇为模板，在水热条件下了合成四氧化三铁纳米棒。
• Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
  把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• Fit threaded peg for tensioning and guide rails.
  装配用于张紧的螺纹销钉和导轨。
• Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
  比起穿着昂贵的套装到高档饭店吃饭，他更喜欢吃汉堡、买成衣。