peg

noun

/peɡ/

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a short piece of wood, metal or plastic used for holding things together, hanging things on, marking a position, etc.（木、金属或塑料）钉子，楔子，橛子，短桩
- There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。
- Mark the boundary with pegs.用钉子标出边界。
- The score is kept by inserting pegs into a board.记分用小钉插在板子上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also tent peg)
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（木制或金属）帐篷短桩，橛子
Topics Holidaysc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also clothes peg)
(both British English)
(North American English clothespin)
a piece of wood or plastic used for attaching wet clothes to a clothes line晾衣夹子
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also tuning peg)
a short piece of wood, metal or plastic that you turn to make the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser弦钮；琴栓

(Indian English) a small amount of a drink, especially a strong alcoholic one少量饮料；（尤指）少量烈酒
- a peg of whisky一点威士忌

Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.

Idioms

bring/take somebody down a peg (or two)

to make somebody realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are杀某人的威风；挫某人的锐气
- He needed to be taken down a peg or two.需要杀杀他的威风。

off the peg (British English)

(North American English off the rack)

(of clothes衣服) made to a standard average size and not made especially to fit you成品的；现成的
- He buys his clothes off the peg.他买的是成衣。
- off-the-peg fashions成衣的流行式样
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2, Shoppingc2

a peg to hang something on

something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain something借口；理由；话头
- The character provides a peg to hang the writer’s political ideas on.这个角色提供了一个把作者的政治观点挂在嘴边的机会。

a square peg (in a round hole)

(informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it用非所长者；方枘圆凿

verb

/peɡ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they peg	/peɡ/ /peɡ/
he / she / it pegs	/peɡz/ /peɡz/
past simple pegged	/peɡd/ /peɡd/
past participle pegged	/peɡd/ /peɡd/
-ing form pegging	/ˈpeɡɪŋ/ /ˈpeɡɪŋ/

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to fasten something with pegs用夹子夹住；用楔子钉住
- peg something (out) + adv./prep. All their wet clothes were pegged out on the line.他们的湿衣服都夹在绳子上晾着。
- peg something to something She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.她忙着用橛子把帐篷钉牢在地上。
[usually passive] to fix or keep prices, wages, etc. at a particular level使工资、价格等固定于某水平（或与…挂钩）
- be pegged (at something) Pay increases will be pegged at 5 per cent.加薪幅度将固定在5%。
- be pegged (to something) Loan repayments are pegged to your income.分期付还贷款按你的收入计算。
- Admission prices have been pegged.门票价格已经固定。
peg somebody as something (North American English, informal) to think of somebody in a particular way视为；看作
- She pegged him as a big spender.她觉得他是个大手大脚的人。

Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.

Idioms

be level pegging

(British English) to have an equal or even score势均力敌；不分胜负
- The contestants were level pegging after round 3.参赛选手在第 3 轮以后成绩不相上下。
- Five minutes later it was level pegging when Kane banged in the equalizer五分钟后，凯恩砰的一声扳平了比分