peg
n. 釘,樁; 藉口,遁詞,; (提琴等的)弦鈕; 尖頭物,爪,(曬衣用的)衣夾,(帽)掛
vt. 固定,限制,限定(工資等); 在…上釘木釘,用木釘[短樁]釘住
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.
他的工作服掛在廚房裡的掛鉤上。
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.
他用木楔子取代釘子製作傢俱。
...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
錘子敲擊鋼栓的噪音
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...
大風天試圖用衣夾把雙人床單固定在晾衣繩上
Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
用銷釘在頂上加固防護網,防止葉子落入。
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...
其貨幣與美元掛鉤。
UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...
英國的貿易利潤固定在4,000萬英鎊。
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...
我們認為是時候煞煞他們的囂張氣焰了。
We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.
我們樂意看到她殺威風,但不是用這種方法。
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...
兩件套西服成衣
Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
比起穿著昂貴的套裝到高檔飯店吃飯,他更喜歡吃漢堡、買成衣。
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.
泰勒明顯不適合做這項工作——簡直就是方枘圓鑿。
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)現成的,非定製的
a peg to hang a matter on
可使…站得住腳的依據
a square peg in a round hole
方枘圓鑿,處於與自己能力或性格不合的情形中的人
take someone down a peg or two
煞煞某人的威風
peg away
(非正式)(尤指長期)堅持不懈地工作,勤奮地工作
peg someone back
(賽跑或比賽中)降低(對手的)領先地位;消除(對手的)領先地位
peg out
(非正式,主英)死
(在克里比奇牌戲中)得分取勝
(槌球)(比賽的最後一擊)擊中標竿
peg something out
用木樁標出…的邊界
take (someone) down a peg
壓制:壓制…的傲氣;貶抑
China's decision last weekend to suspend its currency peg should help the process along.
中國上週末決定暫停盯住美元的匯率制度,這應有利於推動該程序.
I'm a square peg in a round hole when I'm playing football.
玩足球我可是個外行.
Peg the clothes out on the line to dry.
把衣服夾在曬衣繩上晾乾.
Please hang your coat on the peg in the hall.
請把你的外套掛在門廳裡的釘子上.
The seaman noted that the pirate had a peg leg, hook, and an eyepatch.
水手見海盜有條假腿, 一把充假手的鐵鉤, 而且還戴了眼罩.