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

• While this helps export earnings, it creates inflationary pressure and the risk of bubbles since currency pegs to the dollar cause countries to import ultra-loose US monetary policy that is wrong for their own circumstances.
  虽然这有助于提升出口收入，但由于货币与美元挂钩，导致它们也输入了并不符合其国情的美国式极度宽松的货币政策，从而引发了通胀压力和泡沫风险。
• 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。
• You start to see how even the repetitive movements of the spools and pegs had a certain symmetrical beauty.
  你开始发觉即使是线轴和钉子的重复运动也蕴含了一种对称美。
• 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。
• Right now, Oscar has round pegs at the end of his hind legs.
  现在，在奥斯卡的后腿的端部已经有了圆钉。
• Frame-mounted passenger foot pegs provide two-up riding capability.
  骑乘骨架式的乘客脚踏提供了2人站立骑行的能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。