peg

noun

1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

Synonym: nog

2. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Synonym: pintholetholepinrowlockoarlock

3. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

Synonym: wooden leglegpegleg

5. informal terms for the leg

e.g. fever left him weak on his sticks

Synonym: pinstick

6. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Synonym: pin

verb

1. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations

e.g. The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar

2. fasten or secure with a wooden pin

e.g. peg a tent

Synonym: peg down

3. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

4. succeed in obtaining a position

e.g. He nailed down a spot at Harvard

Synonym: nail downnail

1. 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.

e.g. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。

2. （晾衣用的）衣夹
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.

3. （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.

peg

e.g. He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
e.g. ...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
锤子敲击钢栓的噪音

4. 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.

e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。

5. 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.

e.g. Its currency is pegged to the dollar...
其货币与美元挂钩。
e.g. UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...
英国的贸易利润固定在4,000万英镑。

6. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

7. （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.

e.g. ...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
两件套西服成衣
e.g. 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。

8. 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.

e.g. 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。

相关词组：peg out

1. 聚乙二醇：本发明公开了制备携带羧基官能团水溶性非肽类聚合物,特别是羧酸官能化的聚(乙二醇)(PEG)聚合物的方法,以及这些方法的产物. 通常,使酯试剂R(C=O)OR′(其中R′为叔基并且R包括官能团X)与水溶性非肽类聚合物POLY-Y(其中Y与X反应形成共价键的官能团)反应形成聚合物的叔酯,

2. peg在线翻译

2. 钉：Ff F(英语字母表中的第六个字母)源自腓尼基语的第 六个象形字母,该字母形似今日之英语字母 Y,代表木栓 或木钉(peg) ,在腓尼基语和希伯来语的名称为 waw.中 世纪重罪犯(felon)的左颊常被打上 F 的印记,以示惩戒.

3. 木钉：(7)机器房(machineroom)-先将转轮(spokedwheel)放到木钉(peg)上,然后到最上面将溶岩倒入漏斗(funnel)中. 回到下面捡起生产出来的金珠,同时记得要拿走转轮. 最后到卫兵房(sentryroom),将金珠放到鳗鱼雕像(ell)中再丢到水里,

4. 栓：新式可膨胀的近端股骨髓内钉固定系统,采用不锈钢合金制成,包含一支髓内钉(nail)、一支股骨颈插栓(peg)与一支可抗转动的插梢(anti-rotation pin). 根据植入的位置,髓内钉与插栓将扩大到其最大直径.

5. peg：poly epitope gene; 多表位嵌合基因

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6. peg：percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; 胃造瘘术

7. peg：phenethyl alcohol glycoside; 苯乙醇苷