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pegBrE /peɡ/NAmE /peɡ/ nouna 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) (both BrE) (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 onsomething 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/ verbpresent 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 sthShe 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, especially BrE) 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(especially BrE) (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 |
