单词 | peg |
释义 | peg¹ 1.(used to hold two things together)小钉 He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.他用木钉代替铁钉来制作家具。 Hold the layer in place with a wooden or metal peg.用木钉或铁钉固定着压条。 2.(driven into surface)(钉在表面上用来挂物或作标记的)钉, 桩 Mark the area with wooden pegs and string.用木桩和线标记这个区域。 His jacket was hanging on the peg in the kitchen.他的夹克挂在厨房的挂钩上。 3.【音】(弦乐器的)弦轴 Luke sat on the floor fiddling with his tuning pegs.卢克坐在地板上胡乱地摆弄着弦轴。 4.<英>(for washing line)(晾衣服用的)衣夹 Holly secured her bed sheet onto the washing line with a peg.霍利用衣夹把床单固定在晾衣绳上。 5.<非正式>(leg)腿 It was a 30-yarder with my right peg.这是我用右脚从30码处踢入的一记进球。 6.<英格兰北部,方>(tooth)牙齿 7.<英>(drink)少量的酒(尤指白兰地或威士忌加苏打水兑成的酒) He is said to be partial to a peg of whisky.据说他喜欢没事喝点威士忌。 8.(pretext)机会;借口;遁词 She knew she was using him unfairly as a peg on which to hang her anger.她知道自己是在拿他当出气筒, 这样不公平。 9.【体登山】(in mountaineering)(登山用的)钢锥, 岩钉 A piton is a mountain climber's peg.岩钉就是登山运动员用的一种钢钉。 10.【体】(in croquet)(槌球运动中的)标杆 11.【渔】(垂钓比赛中为每位选手标记的)比赛区域, 垂钓区域 Only 36 of the 120 pegs are fishable.120个垂钓区域中只有36个可以钓鱼。 idiom peg² ◆to bring sb down a pegortwoorto take sb down a pegortwo<非正式>杀某人威风;挫某人锐气 You're getting too big for your boots, we've got to take you down a peg or two.你自视过高了, 我们要挫挫你的锐气。 She needed to be brought down a peg or two.得杀杀她的威风才行。 ◆off the peg<英>+ clothes现成的;成品的 He buys clothes off the peg.他买的衣服都是成衣。 an off-the-peg two-piece suit两件套成衣套装 ◆a square peg in a round hole方枘圆凿(指与周围环境格格不入或与所做的事情不相称的人) Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.很明显泰勒不是这个工作的合适人选, 简直是方枘圆凿。 🄰 vt. 1.(knock peg into)把钉子钉进;用钉子钉 All the beams were pegged.所有的横梁都用钉子固定上了。 2.+ tent, clothes, groundsheet用钉子(或衣夹)固定 a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids用楔子固定在附近地面上供孩子们用的帐篷 Mother came out and pegged wet clothes on the line.妈妈走出来, 把湿衣服用衣夹夹在绳子上。 3.【体登山】+ piton(登山中)插入, 使用(钢锥) 4.【牌】+ score(在某些扑克牌游戏中)用得分枚记(分) 5.<非正式>+ missile瞄准并发射 6.【金融】+ price, rate, wages(通过法律或市场操作)稳定 a pegged European currency一种稳定的欧洲货币 to peg sth at sth将…稳定在…水平 The bank wants to peg interest rates at 4%.银行想要把利率稳定在4%的水平。 to peg sth to sth把…与…挂钩 Its currency is pegged to the dollar.它的货币是与美元挂钩的。 🄱 vi. 【体登山】(登山中)插入钢锥, 使用钢锥 Phrasal Verbspeg away,peg back,peg down,peg out |
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