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

单词

peg

释义

noun | verb

pegpeg1 /pɛg/ ●○○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYpeg¹

Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from Middle Dutch pegge

COLLOCATIONS► a peg on which to hang

The fact that loans are available becomes a peg on which to hang a college career (=a reason to go to college).

1a short piece of wood, metal, etc. that fits into a hole or is fastened to a wall, used especially for hanging things on, or instead of nails for fastening things together: Samantha hung her hat on a peg.2take/bring/knock somebody down a peg (or two) to make someone realize that he or she is not as important or as good at something as he or she thinks: He deserved to be taken down a peg or two.3eng. lang. arts a wooden screw used to tighten or loosen the strings of a violin, guitar, etc.4 (also tent peg) a pointed piece of wood or metal that you push into the ground in order to keep a tent in the correct position SYN stake5a fact or opinion that is used as a reason for doing something: The fact that loans are available becomes a peg on which to hang a college career (=a reason to go to college). → see also a square peg in a round hole at square1 (11)

noun | verb

pegpeg2 verb (pegged, pegging) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

peg

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	peg
	he, she, it	pegs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pegged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pegged
	he, she, it	has pegged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pegged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will peg
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pegged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pegging
	he, she, it	is pegging
	you, we, they	are pegging
Past	I, he, she, it	was pegging
	you, we, they	were pegging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pegging
	he, she, it	has been pegging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pegging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pegging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pegging

COLLOCATIONS► have ... pegged as

I didn’t have her pegged as a troublemaker.

1social studies, economics to set prices, values, salaries, etc. at a particular level, or set them in relation to something else: peg something to something In the past, most countries pegged their currencies to gold.peg something at something Rents are pegged at market rates.2peg somebody/something as something to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities: Initial reports pegged the crime as drug-related. I didn’t have her pegged as a troublemaker.3to fasten something somewhere with a peg

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