peg
/peg; pɛɡ/ 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、 金属或塑料的）钉, 栓, 销, 挂钉, 短桩.
2
(a) pin fastened to a wall or door, on which hats and coats may be hung 挂衣帽的钩或钉
a hat/coat peg 挂帽钉[挂衣钩].
(b) (also `tent-peg) pin hammered into the ground to hold one of the ropes of a tent in place 系帐篷的桩. =>illus 见插图.
(c) pin used to mark a position, eg on a piece of land 界桩（如在地界上的）: a surveyor's peg 测标.
3 small wooden or metal pin or bolt used to fasten together esp pieces of wood （木或金属的）小钉,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）琴轸, 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（通常为木制的）.
(b) person with an artificial leg 装有假腿的人.
8 (idm习语) a peg to hang sth on reason, excuse or opportunity for (doing) sth （做）某事的理由、 藉口或机会
a minor offence which provided a peg to hang their attack on 给人以攻击口实的小过失. off the `peg (of clothes) not made to measure; ready-made （指衣服）现成的
buy a suit off the peg 买一套成衣
[attrib 作定语]
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（傲慢或自负者）的傲气、 锐气或威风.
peg / peg; pɛɡ/ v (-gg-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
fasten (sth) with pegs 用钉或桩等固定（某物）: peg a tent 用桩固定帐篷
peg the clothes (out) on the line 把衣服用衣夹夹在晾衣绳上
peg sth in place 用钉子将某物固定住.
2 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (at sth) fix or keep (wages or prices) at a certain level 使（工资或价格）固定或维持在某水平上
Pay increases were pegged at five per cent. 工资增长率已限制在百分之五.
3 (idm 习语) level pegging => level1.
4 (phr v) peg away (at sth) (infml 口) work hard and persistently 坚持不懈努力工作
He's been pegging away at his thesis for months. 他写论文已经忙了几个月了. peg sb down (to sth) force or persuade sb to be specific or make a definite promise; pin sb down 迫使或说服某人表态、 落实或承诺
I pegged him down to a price for the work. 我已经让他把那作品的价钱定妥.