基本释义
- 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
实用例句
There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。
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He buys his clothes off the peg.
他买的是成衣。
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off-the-peg fashions
成衣的流行式样
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He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
需要杀杀他的威风。
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All their wet clothes were pegged out on the line.
他们的湿衣服都夹在外面的绳子上了。
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She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.
她忙着用橛子把帐篷钉牢在地上。
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Pay increases will be pegged at 5%.
工资调升率将限定在5%。
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Loan repayments are pegged to your income.
分期付还贷款按你的收入计算。
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She pegged him as a big spender.
她觉得他是个大手大脚的人。
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Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.
每次我们得分，几分钟后便被追上。
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His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
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
...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。
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。
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。
...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。
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。
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.
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英英释义
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;
"fever left him weak on his sticks"
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;
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into
3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin;
"peg a tent"
4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;
"The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"