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n. 釘，樁;借口，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;
adj. 越往下端越細的;
?? 例句
There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
門邊有個鉤子可以掛衣服。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】pig-豬,peg-釘木釘:在豬圈是釘木釘
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?? 牛津釋義
peg
n
1 wooden, metal or plastic pin or bolt, usu narrower at one end than the other, used to hold things together, to hang things on, to mark a position, etc （木、 金屬或塑料的）釘, 栓, 銷, 掛釘, 短樁.
2
(a) pin fastened to a wall or door, on which hats and coats may be hung 掛衣帽的鉤或釘
a hat/coat peg 掛帽釘[掛衣鉤].
(b) (also `tent-peg) pin hammered into the ground to hold one of the ropes of a tent in place 系帳篷的樁. =>illus 見插圖.
(c) pin used to mark a position, eg on a piece of land 界樁（如在地界上的）: a surveyor's peg 測標.
3 small wooden or metal pin or bolt used to fasten together esp pieces of wood （木或金屬的）小釘,小栓.
4 = clothes-peg (clothes).
5 (also `tuning peg) any of several wooden screws for tightening or loosening tension in the strings of a violin, etc （提琴等上的）琴軫, 琴栓.
6 piece of wood used to seal the vent in a barrel, etc （桶等的）孔塞.
7 (also peg-leg) (infml 口)
(a) artificial leg, usu wooden 假腿（通常為木制的）.
(b) person with an artificial leg 裝有假腿的人.
8 (idm習語) a peg to hang sth on reason, excuse or opportunity for (doing) sth （做）某事的理由、 藉口或機會
a minor offence which provided a peg to hang their attack on 給人以攻擊口實的小過失. off the `peg (of clothes) not made to measure; ready-made （指衣服）現(xiàn)成的
buy a suit off the peg 買一套成衣
[attrib 作定語]
an off-the-peg suit 一套成衣. a square peg => square1. ,take sb `down a peg (or two) make (a proud or conceited person) more humble 煞（傲慢或自負者）的傲氣、 銳氣或威風.
peg v (-gg-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
fasten (sth) with pegs 用釘或樁等固定（某物）: peg a tent 用樁固定帳篷
peg the clothes (out) on the line 把衣服用衣夾夾在晾衣繩上
peg sth in place 用釘子將某物固定住.
2 [esp passive 尤用於被動語態(tài)
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (at sth) fix or keep (wages or prices) at a certain level 使（工資或價格）固定或維持在某水平上
Pay increases were pegged at five per cent. 工資增長率已限制在百分之五.
3 (idm 習語) level pegging => level1.
4 (phr v) peg away (at sth) (infml 口) work hard and persistently 堅持不懈努力工作
He's been pegging away at his thesis for months. 他寫論文已經(jīng)忙了幾個月了. peg sb down (to sth) force or persuade sb to be specific or make a definite promise; pin sb down 迫使或說服某人表態(tài)、 落實或承諾
I pegged him down to a price for the work. 我已經(jīng)讓他把那作品的價錢定妥.
?? 擴展釋義
*[peg]n. 釘, 樁, 栓, 藉口, 銷子, 借口vt. 釘木釘, 固定, 限制, 使受約束vi. 堅持不懈地奮力于, 疾行【醫(yī)】 釘【經(jīng)】 釘住相關詞組: off the peg peg sb dwon peg sb as a bad guy peg out put sb on the peg
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Her clothes are here, or at least most of them.
她的衣服在這里，至少大部分衣服還在。
Kunta knew it was the middle of the night, for through the small open window high in the wall he could see stars.
孔塔知道已經(jīng)是半夜了，因為通過墻的上方開著的小窗，他能看到星星。
I'll also need a list of all your and her relations' addresses and telephone numbers.
我還需一張你與她的全部親屬的地址清單與電話號碼。