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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.
例句
His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
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（晾衣用的）衣夹
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
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（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.
例句
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
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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.
例句
...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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
...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。
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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.
例句
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。