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| 1 | to fasten something or keep something in position with pegs 用钉（或桩等）固定 | The tent was pegged to the ground. 帐篷用桩固定在地上。 | |
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| 2 | to keep prices, salaries, or the amount of something at a particular level , often in relation to something else 使（价格、工资或某物的量）保持在一定水平 | peg sth to sth The country’ s peso is pegged to the dollar. 该国的比索紧盯美元。 | | peg sth at sth OPEC oil producers pegged the cartel’ s output at 26.6 million barrels per day. 石油输出国组织中的石油生产者们把卡特尔的生产量定为每天2660万桶。 | |
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| 3 | informal to consider someone as being a particular type of person or having particular qualities 认定（某人属于某种类型或具有某种品质） | peg sb as sth We had him pegged from the start as a liar and a fraud. 我们一开始就认定他是个说谎者和骗子。 | |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌpeg aˈway |
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| | I to keep doing something in a determined way , especially when it is boring or difficult 坚持不懈地做（尤指乏味或困难的事） | +at I don’ t know how people peg away at such a dull job. 我不知道人们怎么能够坚持不懈地做一件那么乏味的工作。 | |
| - | ˌpeg ˈout |
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| 1 | I informal to die 死 |
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| 2 | I informal to fall down or have to go to bed because you are so tired （因疲惫而）倒下，上床休息 |
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| 3 | T to fasten wet clothes on a line to dry （在晾衣绳上）晾晒 | John was pegging out the washing. 约翰正在把洗好的衣服晾出去。 | |
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| 4 | T to mark a piece of land with metal or wooden pegs （用金属桩或木桩）界定…的地界 |
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