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peg /peg/► SEE ALLbring/take sb down a peg (or two)off the pega peg to hang sth ona peg on which to hang sthbe a square peg (in a round hole)
●ˌbring/ˌtake sb ˈdown a peg (or two) (informal) make sb realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are 杀某人的威风；挫某人的傲气◆He didn’t win first prize after all. That’ll bring him down a peg or two.
他终究没有得一等奖，这应该能杀杀他的威风了。◆It’s time that somebody took that woman down a peg or two. She behaves as if she were the queen.
该有人挫挫那个女人的傲气了，她的一举一动就好像自己是女王！●ˌoff the ˈpeg (BrE) (NAmE ˌoff the ˈrack) (of a suit, etc. 套装等) ready to wear; not made specially to fit one person 成品的；现成的；非定做的◆He couldn’t afford a made-to-measure suit, so he bought one off the peg.
他没钱量体定做西服，因此只好买成衣。●a peg to ˈhang sth on●a peg on which to ˈhang sthan event, an occasion, a subject of discussion, etc. which is used by sb to express opinions or ideas about sth else 借口；理由；话头◆The professor makes any subject a peg on which to hang his political views.
教授把所有话题都作为谈论他的政治观点的话头。●be a square ˈpeg (in a round ˈhole) (BrE, informal) not fit well or easily into an organization, a job, etc. because you are different 方枘圆凿；不适宜做…；与…格格不入◆I don’t have the right personality for the job. I feel like a square peg in a round hole.我的性格不适宜做这个工作，我感觉好像一个方榫硬要插进圆孔中，很不自在。 OPP in your element |