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peg (obj)pegv-gg-钉，用衣夹夹衣服Make sure the tarpaulin is securely pegged down/pegged at the edges (= fixed with pegs so that it does not move). [T]确准一下雨布四周已经用桩固定好了。I'll peg out the clothes (= use pegs to fix wet clothes to a length of rope or string outside a building) before I go to work. [M]我会在上班前，把衣服用衣夹夹在晾衣绳上。If you peg out an area, you mark the edges of it by hitting short sticks into the ground. [M]用木桩标出地界(Br and Aus infml) If someone pegs out, they die. If something pegs out, it stops working.死去，停止Did you know that the old man next door finally pegged out?你知道吗，隔壁的老头最后还是死了?The car finally pegged out about 20 miles from home.汽车在离家约20英里的地方终于停了下来。Peg can also mean to arrange something so that it stays at a particular level.限定，限制Britain has pledged to peg carbon dioxide emissions at current levels. [T]英国保证把二氧化碳的排放量限制到目前的水平。The agreement works because member nations haven't tried to peg prices. [T]因为成员国没有企图限定价格，所以协议生效了。
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