
n.釘;支柱;借口
vt.釘木樁;扔
vi.努力工作;匆忙走
He hung his coat on the wooden peg. 他把上衣掛在木釘上。
First hammer the tent pegs into the ground, then tie the ropes onto them. 先把系帳篷的樁子打進(jìn)地里,再把繩子系在樁子上。
Whatever, I needed to find a peg to stay at home. 我無論如何要想個(gè)借口留在“家”里。
He had not a peg to hang on and got dumb for some time. 他一點(diǎn)借口也找不出來,楞在那兒好一會(huì)兒。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)We pegged the tent to the ground. 我們用木樁把帳篷固定到地面上了。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)He pegged along the path. 他沿著小路急奔。
peg用作名詞的意思是“短釘”“栓”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動(dòng)詞意思是“把…用木釘釘住”,引申可表示“固定”。
peg既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,多與介詞或副詞連用。
peg away at的意思是“孜孜不倦”。
peg的過去式和過去分詞均為pegged。
peg還可用作名詞,基本意思是“釘; 栓,樁; 借口”。例如:The teacher asked the campers to hammer the tent pegs into the ground first, and then tie the ropes onto them.老師讓野營的學(xué)生先把系帳篷的樁子打進(jìn)地里,再把繩子系在樁子上。He had not a peg to hang on and got dumb for some time.他一點(diǎn)借口也找不出來,愣在那兒好一會(huì)兒。