peg
英 [peg]
美 [p?ɡ]
- n. 釘；樁；借口；琴栓
- vt. 限制；釘木釘
- vi. 疾行；孜孜不倦地做某事
- adj. 越往下端越細的
- n. (Peg)人名；(英)佩格(女子教名 Margaret 的昵稱)；(西)佩格
助記提示
1. perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support". => eg: bacillus, bacterial.
中文詞源
peg 楔子，橛子，衣鉤子來自中古英語pegge,來自Proto-Germanic*pag,樁子，楔子，來自PIE*bak,棍子，削尖的木樁，詞源同bachelor,bacteria.引申詞義橛子，衣鉤子等。
英文詞源
- peg (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1580s, but the original literal sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later). Peg leg "wooden leg" attested from 1765.
- peg (v.)
- "fasten with or as if on a peg," 1590s, from peg (n.). Slang sense of "identify, classify" first recorded 1920. Related: Pegged; pegging.
雙語例句
- 1. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.
- 為了不毀壞樹，用錘子將一個木栓釘進洞里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
- 他的工作服掛在廚房里的掛鉤上。
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- 3. I thought the oldest were going to peg out.
- 我想最老的那些人快蹬腿了。
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- 4. Sam was left at the dinner table with Peg.
- 薩姆被留下來陪佩格一起吃晚餐。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
- 用銷釘在頂上加固防護網，防止葉子落入。
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