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peg

noun
/peɡ/
/peɡ/
Idioms
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  1. 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 Dictionaryadjective
    • wooden
    • clothes
    • tent
    See full entry
  2. (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 Dictionaryadjective
    • wooden
    • clothes
    • tent
    See full entry
  3. (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 Dictionaryadjective
    • wooden
    • clothes
    • tent
    See full entry
  4. (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
  5. (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
  6. 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)
  1. 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)
  1. (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
  1. 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)
  1. (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

peg

verb
/peɡ/
/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/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. 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。
  2. [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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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
  1. (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

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