英语词汇“to take a peg lower”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. The interval between two successive positions, such as could be marked by pegs; a step, a degree. Esp. in to take (a person) down a peg (or two) and variants: to lower (a person) in his or her own, or the general, estimation; to lower a person's view of his or her own status or ability; to humble, chasten, snub. Also to take (a person) a peg lower. Similarly occasionally to come down a peg. [Perhaps compare figurative use in sense 2a. Several other origins have been suggested (such as a connection with pins marking a level in a cup and intended to regulate drinking habits, or with the tying of naval flag ropes to pegs (a higher peg hence denoting higher status)), but none is completely convincing.]

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the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble

to come downa1382

meeka1400

meekena1500

let fall one's crest1531

to come (also get) off one's perch1568

to come down a peg1589

lower1837

to come off the roof1883

to climb down1887

deflate1912

to come, etc., off one's high horse1920

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]

anitherOE

fellOE

lowc1175

to lay lowc1225

to set adownc1275

snuba1340

meekc1350

depose1377

aneantizea1382

to bring lowa1387

declinea1400

meekenc1400

to pull downc1425

avalec1430

to-gradea1440

to put downc1440

humble1484

alow1494

deject?1521

depress1526

plucka1529

to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533

to bring down1535

to bring basec1540

adbass1548

diminish1560

afflict1561

to take down1562

to throw down1567

debase1569

embase1571

diminute1575

to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576

exinanite1577

to take (a person) a peg lower1589

to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589

disbasea1592

to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592

comb-cut1593

unpuff1598

atterr1605

dismount1608

annihilate1610

crest-fall1611

demit1611

pulla1616

avilea1617

to put a scorn on, upon1633

mortify1639

dimit1658

to put a person's pipe out1720

to let down1747

to set down1753

humiliate1757

to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789

start1821

squabash1822

to wipe a person's eye1823

to crop the feathers of1827

embarrass1839

to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

to cut out of all feather1865

to sit on ——1868

to turn down1870

to score off1882

to do (a person) in the eye1891

puncture1908

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

to cut down to size1927

flatten1932

to slap (a person) down1938

punk1963

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > become degraded or debased [verb (intransitive)]

to come down a peg1589

derogatea1616

lower1837

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet To Father & two Sonnes. sig. A2 Now haue at you all my gaffers of the rayling religion, tis I that must take you a peg lower.

1625 J. Mead Let. 22 Oct. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 58 A-talking of the brave times that would be shortly..when..the Bishop of Chester, that bore himself so high, should be hoisted a peg higher to his little ease.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 105 We still have worsted all your holy Tricks,..And took your Grandees down a peg.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 24 Feb. (1885) I. 336 You'll bring me down a peg lower in my Conceit.

1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 247 An opportunity for letting him down a peg or two.

1830 J. Neal Authorship v. 45 Little as it [sc. the window] is, it was never made to open, I see; I can't move it a peg—neither up nor down, nor sideways.

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 633/2 Some folks who are so high will have to come down a peg.

1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. iii. iv. 324 I must take that proud girl down a peg.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. iii. 46 I could never make her read any other book than the so-called comic books or stories in magazines for American females. Any literature a peg higher smacked to her of school.

1989 Just Seventeen 20 Dec. 13/2 He thought he was really fab though, so I decided to pull him down a peg or two.

2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names v. 154 A child of privilege, a knowall Cambridge student, needs to be brought down a peg or two.

单词	to take a peg lower
释义	> as lemmas to take (a person) a peg lower a. The interval between two successive positions, such as could be marked by pegs; a step, a degree. Esp. in to take (a person) down a peg (or two) and variants: to lower (a person) in his or her own, or the general, estimation; to lower a person's view of his or her own status or ability; to humble, chasten, snub. Also to take (a person) a peg lower. Similarly occasionally to come down a peg. [Perhaps compare figurative use in sense 2a. Several other origins have been suggested (such as a connection with pins marking a level in a cup and intended to regulate drinking habits, or with the tying of naval flag ropes to pegs (a higher peg hence denoting higher status)), but none is completely convincing.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble to come downa1382 meeka1400 meekena1500 let fall one's crest1531 to come (also get) off one's perch1568 to come down a peg1589 lower1837 to come off the roof1883 to climb down1887 deflate1912 to come, etc., off one's high horse1920 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > become degraded or debased [verb (intransitive)] to come down a peg1589 derogatea1616 lower1837 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet To Father & two Sonnes. sig. A2 Now haue at you all my gaffers of the rayling religion, tis I that must take you a peg lower. 1625 J. Mead Let. 22 Oct. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 58 A-talking of the brave times that would be shortly..when..the Bishop of Chester, that bore himself so high, should be hoisted a peg higher to his little ease. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 105 We still have worsted all your holy Tricks,..And took your Grandees down a peg. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 24 Feb. (1885) I. 336 You'll bring me down a peg lower in my Conceit. 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 247 An opportunity for letting him down a peg or two. 1830 J. Neal Authorship v. 45 Little as it [sc. the window] is, it was never made to open, I see; I can't move it a peg—neither up nor down, nor sideways. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 633/2 Some folks who are so high will have to come down a peg. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. iii. iv. 324 I must take that proud girl down a peg. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. iii. 46 I could never make her read any other book than the so-called comic books or stories in magazines for American females. Any literature a peg higher smacked to her of school. 1989 Just Seventeen 20 Dec. 13/2 He thought he was really fab though, so I decided to pull him down a peg or two. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names v. 154 A child of privilege, a knowall Cambridge student, needs to be brought down a peg or two. extracted from pegn.¹ < as lemmas
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