peg
n. 钉,桩; 借口,遁词,; (提琴等的)弦钮; 尖头物,爪,(晒衣用的)衣夹,(帽)挂
vt. 固定,限制,限定(工资等); 在…上钉木钉,用木钉[短桩]钉住
vi. 疾行; 孜孜不倦地做某事
A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
锤子敲击钢栓的噪音
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.
...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
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。
If a price or amount of something is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
Its currency is pegged to the dollar...
其货币与美元挂钩。
UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...
英国的贸易利润固定在4,000万英镑。
If you say that someone should be brought down a peg or be 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.
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。
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。
Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
两件套西服成衣
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。
If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
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。
1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
3. informal terms of the leg;
4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
1. succeed in obtaining a position;
2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into
3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin;
4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;
off the peg
(主英)(衣服)现成的,非定制的
a peg to hang a matter on
可使…站得住脚的依据
a square peg in a round hole
方枘圆凿,处于与自己能力或性格不合的情形中的人
take someone down a peg or two
煞煞某人的威风
peg away
(非正式)(尤指长期)坚持不懈地工作,勤奋地工作
peg someone back
(赛跑或比赛中)降低(对手的)领先地位;消除(对手的)领先地位
peg out
(非正式,主英)死
(在克里比奇牌戏中)得分取胜
(槌球)(比赛的最后一击)击中标竿
peg something out
用木桩标出…的边界
take (someone) down a peg
压制:压制…的傲气;贬抑
China's decision last weekend to suspend its currency peg should help the process along.
中国上周末决定暂停盯住美元的汇率制度,这应有利于推动该进程.
I'm a square peg in a round hole when I'm playing football.
玩足球我可是个外行.
Peg the clothes out on the line to dry.
把衣服夹在晒衣绳上晾干.
Please hang your coat on the peg in the hall.
请把你的外套挂在门厅里的钉子上.
The seaman noted that the pirate had a peg leg, hook, and an eyepatch.
水手见海盗有条假腿, 一把充假手的铁钩, 而且还戴了眼罩.