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

• Denmark, too, is in the EU and outside the euro area but pegs its currency to the euro.
  丹麦也身处欧盟却不在欧元区内，但其货币和欧元挂钩。
• 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；
• Over time, we need to prepare for an international finance system with multiple reserve currencies, with others connected by various pegs.
  我们应逐步准备好实行由多个储备货币和其他与各种固定汇率挂钩货币构成的国际金融系统。
• He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
  他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
• 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。
• But the Baltic states are all grimly hanging on to their pegs fixed exchange rates with the euro.
  但波罗的海国家死也不放弃钉住欧元的固定汇率政策。
• A tent consists of poles, pegs and a fly sheet.
  一顶帐篷由插杆、木栓和篷顶布组成。
• 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。
• They also placed disguised sharp pegs and wooden plates with thorns on the ground to hurt the enemies'feet.
  他们也会布置一些伪装好的地丁和木质的带刺的木板来刺伤敌人的脚。
• The latter believe that the crisis showed the danger of adjustable pegs.
  后者相信，那次危机表明，可调整的汇率挂钩制度是危险的。