pegs

英 [peɡz]

美 [peɡz]

n.  (木、金属或塑料)钉子，楔子，橛子，短桩; (木制或金属)帐篷短桩; 晾衣夹子
v.  用夹子夹住; 用楔子钉住; 使工资、价格等固定于某水平(或与…挂钩); 视为; 看做
peg的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 挂钩；挂钉
  Apegis a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
  1. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
     他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
• （晾衣用的）衣夹
  Apegis a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 clothespin


• N-COUNT （金属或木制的）销钉，楔子，栓
  Apegis a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
  1. He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
     他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
  2. ...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
     锤子敲击钢栓的噪音
• VERB 用销钉（或楔子、木栓）固定
  If youpegsomething somewhere orpegitdown, you fix it there with pegs.
  1. ...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day...
     大风天试图用衣夹把双人床单固定在晾衣绳上
  2. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
     用销钉在顶上加固防护网，防止叶子落入。
  3. ...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
• See also:Its currency is pegged to the dollar...UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%....a pegged European currency.level-pegging
• PHRASE 杀…的威风；挫…的锐气
  If you say that someone shouldbe brought down a pegorbe taken down a peg, you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are.
  1. We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two...
     我们认为是时候煞煞他们的嚣张气焰了。
  2. We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.
     我们乐意看到她杀威风，但不是用这种方法。
• PHRASE （衣服）非定制的，成品的
  Off-the-pegclothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
  1. ...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
     两件套西服成衣
  2. Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
     比起穿着昂贵的套装到高档饭店吃饭，他更喜欢吃汉堡、买成衣。

in AM, use 美国英语用 off-the-rack


• PHRASE 方枘圆凿；格格不入
  If you describe someone asa square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
  1. Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.
     泰勒明显不适合做这项工作——简直就是方枘圆凿。

双语例句

• I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground
  我用一把大锤子把短桩打进地里。
• The tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes;
  帐幕的橛子，并院子的橛子，和这两处的绳子；
• We anchored the tent with pegs.
  我们用桩子固定帐篷。
• I showed her how to whittle pegs from white-wood.
  我给她示范怎样将白木削成木栓。
• And a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.
  一种纵向削制的形状如梨的拨弦乐器，琴颈上有定音档的指板，通常弯曲于调音单轴之。
• First hammer the tent pegs into the ground, then tie the ropes onto them.
  先把系帐篷的桩子打进地里，再把绳子系在桩子上。
• China pegs its currency to the USD.
  中国把它的货币和美元绑定在一起。
• All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
  帐幕一切的橛子和院子四围的橛子都是铜的。
• We hear a lot of talk about dismantling dollar pegs as long as the subprime crisis continues to unfold.
  我们听到很多人说，只要次贷危机继续发展，有些国家将解除盯住美元的汇率机制。
• Mastermind uses six different-colored pegs, and you may repeat colors.
  策划人将使用六种不同颜色的圆点，并且可以重复使用颜色。