| 单词 | peg |
| 释义 | nounverbpegBrE /peɡ/ NAmE /peɡ/ noun 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。 (also ˈtent 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 (also ˈclothes peg ) (bothBrE ) (NAmE clothes·pin ) a piece of wood or plastic used for attaching wet clothes to a clothes line 晾衣夹子 (also ˈtuning peg ) a wooden , metal or plastic screw used for making the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser 弦钮；琴栓(IndE ) 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 ● ˌoff the ˈpeg (BrE ) (NAmE ˌoff the ˈrack ) (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● ˌbring /ˌtake sb ˈdown a peg (or two )to make sb 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。● a peg to ˈhang sth on something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain sth 借口；理由；话头● a square ˈpeg (in a round ˈhole )(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pegBrE /peɡ/ NAmE /peɡ/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they peg BrE /peɡ/ NAmE /peɡ/ present simple - he / she / it pegs BrE /peɡz/ NAmE /peɡz/ past simple pegged BrE /peɡd/ NAmE /peɡd/ past participle pegged BrE /peɡd/ NAmE /peɡd/ -ing form pegging BrE /ˈpeɡɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈpeɡɪŋ/ to fasten sth with pegs 用夹子夹住；用楔子钉住◆ ~sth (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。◆ ~sth to sth 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）◆ ~sth (at sth )Pay increases will be pegged at 5% . 工资调升率将限定在 5%。◆ ~sth (to sth )Loan repayments are pegged to your income . 分期付还贷款按你的收入计算。~sb as sth (NAmE , informal ) to think of sb 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。 ● be ˌlevel ˈpegging (BrE ) having the same 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。 ● ˌpeg aˈway (at sth )(informal , especiallyBrE ) to continue working hard at sth or trying to achieve sth difficult 坚持不懈地工作（或努力）● ˌpeg sb /sth↔ˈback (especiallyBrE ) (especially in sport 尤用于体育运动) to stop sb /sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead 扼止；止住；拖住◆ Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later . 每次我们得分，几分钟后便被追上。● ˌpeg ˈout (BrE , informal ) to die 死；断气 |
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