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peg

英 [peg] 美[pɛɡ]

英英释义词组搭配实用场景例句

近义词wade

n. 钉；桩；借口；琴栓
vt. 限制；钉木钉
vi. 疾行；孜孜不倦地做某事
adj. 越往下端越细的
n. (Peg)人名；(英)佩格(女子教名 Margaret 的昵称)；(西)佩格

CET6TEM4中频词常用词汇

词态变化

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

助记提示

1. perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support". => eg: bacillus, bacterial.

中文词源

peg 楔子，橛子，衣钩子

来自中古英语pegge,来自Proto-Germanic*pag,桩子，楔子，来自PIE*bak,棍子，削尖的木桩，词源同bachelor,bacteria.引申词义橛子，衣钩子等。

英英释意

1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

3. informal terms of the leg;: "fever left him weak on his sticks"

4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

英文词源

peg (n.): mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1580s, but the original literal sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later). Peg leg "wooden leg" attested from 1765.
peg (v.): "fasten with or as if on a peg," 1590s, from peg (n.). Slang sense of "identify, classify" first recorded 1920. Related: Pegged; pegging.

词组搭配

off the peg

(chiefly Brit.)(of clothes) ready-made rather than made to order

(主英)（衣服）现成的，非定制的

a peg to hang a matter on

something used as a pretext or occasion for the discussion or treatment of a wider subject

可使…站得住脚的依据

a square peg in a round hole

a person in a situation unsuited to their abilities or character

方枘圆凿，处于与自己能力或性格不合的情形中的人

take someone down a peg or two

make someone realize that they are less talented or important than they think are

煞煞某人的威风

peg away

(informal)continue working hard at or trying to achieve something, especially over a long period

(非正式)（尤指长期）坚持不懈地工作，勤奋地工作

peg someone back

reduce or eradicate the lead of an opponent in a race or game

（赛跑或比赛中）降低（对手的）领先地位；消除（对手的）领先地位

peg out

(informal, chiefly Brit.)die

(非正式，主英)死

score the winning point at cribbage

（在克里比奇牌戏中）得分取胜

(Croquet)hit the peg with the ball as the final stroke in a game

(槌球)（比赛的最后一击）击中标竿

peg something out

mark the boundaries of an area of land

用木桩标出…的边界

I went out to peg out our assembly area.
我出去用木桩标出我们的集合区。

take (someone) down a peg

To reduce the pride of; humble.

压制：压制…的傲气；贬抑

实用场景例句

There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.: 门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。

He buys his clothes off the peg.: 他买的是成衣。

off-the-peg fashions: 成衣的流行式样

He needed to be taken down a peg or two.: 需要杀杀他的威风。

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。

She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.: 她忙着用橛子把帐篷钉牢在地上。

Pay increases will be pegged at 5%.: 工资调升率将限定在5%。

Loan repayments are pegged to your income.: 分期付还贷款按你的收入计算。

She pegged him as a big spender.: 她觉得他是个大手大脚的人。

Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.: 每次我们得分，几分钟后便被追上。

His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.: 他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。

He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.: 他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。

...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.: 锤子敲击钢栓的噪音

...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

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。

Its currency is pegged to the dollar...: 其货币与美元挂钩。

UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...: 英国的贸易利润固定在4,000万英镑。

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。

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。

...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...: 两件套西服成衣

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。

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。

China's decision last weekend to suspend its currency peg should help the process along.: 中国上周末决定暂停盯住美元的汇率制度,这应有利于推动该进程.

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