- 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.
- 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
A peg is 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
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
- 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.
- ...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。 - ...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 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。
- 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.
- ...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。
in AM, use 美国英语用 off-the-rack
- 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.
- 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。