资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Peg \Peg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pegged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pegging}.]
1. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to
peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit
closely.
I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty
entrails. --Shak.
2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as,
she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
peg
n 1: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: {nog}]
2: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn: {pin}]
3: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: {pin}, {stick}]
4: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: {wooden leg},
{leg}, {pegleg}]
5: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the
strings of a stringed instrument
6: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {pin},
{thole}, {tholepin}, {rowlock}, {oarlock}]
[also: {pegging}, {pegged}]
peg
v 1: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at
Harvard" [syn: {nail down}, {nail}]
2: pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin
into into
3: fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" [syn: {peg
down}]
4: stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by
legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was
pegged to the US Dollar"
[also: {pegging}, {pegged}]
pegged
See {peg}