1 N-COUNT 挂钩;挂钉 A
peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
挂钩;挂钉 2 N-COUNT (晾衣用的)衣夹 A
peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
(晾衣用的)衣夹 [mainly British] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 clothespin
3 N-COUNT (金属或木制的)销钉,楔子,栓 A
peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
(金属或木制的)销钉,楔子,栓 4 VERB 用销钉(或楔子、木栓)固定 If you
peg something somewhere or
peg it
down, you fix it there with pegs.
用销钉(或楔子、木栓)固定 -
...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
大风天试图用衣夹把双人床单固定在晾衣绳上
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Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves. [VERB noun with adv.]
用销钉在顶上加固防护网,防止叶子落入。
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...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids. [V-ed prep]
用楔子固定在附近地面上供孩子们用的帐篷
5 VERB 限定(价格、数量等);把…固定在一定水平;使与…挂钩 If a price or amount of something
is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
限定(价格、数量等);把…固定在一定水平;使与…挂钩 -
Its currency is pegged to the dollar. [be VERB-ed + to]
其货币与美元挂钩。
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UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million.
英国的贸易利润固定在4,000万英镑。
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The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%. [VERB noun + at]
该银行想把利率限定在9%。
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...a pegged European currency. [VERB-ed]
汇率固定的欧洲货币
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 杀…的威风;挫…的锐气 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.
杀…的威风;挫…的锐气 -
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。
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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。
8 PHRASE (衣服)非定制的,成品的 Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
(衣服)非定制的,成品的 [British] -
...an off-the-peg two-piece suit.
两件套西服成衣
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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
9 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE] 方枘圆凿;格格不入 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.
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