peg
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objectsA cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
» I hung my hat on the peg.
Значення
значень: 17A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
Holzdübel, Pflock, Stift
ко́лышекkólyšek
A protrusion used to hang things on.
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
Wäscheklammer, Haken, Pinorrek
крючо́кkrjučók, ве́шалкаvéšalka
(переносно)A support; a reason; a pretext.
a peg to hang a claim upon
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
Stift
A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
Kursstützung, Bindung, Währungsbindung
(Британія)A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
Schuss, Thema
A place formally allotted for fishing
(розмовне, застаріле)A leg or foot.
informal terms for the leg
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Wirbel, Stimmwirbel
коло́кkolók
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
A step; a degree.
Stufe, Grad, Mass
A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
Aufmacher, Thema
(сленг)A stump.
Приклади
речень: 68I hung my hat on the peg.
I need to buy some tent pegs.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Have you ever pegged your clothes up on the balcony?
The Swiss franc is pegged to the euro.
ruШвейцарский франк привязан к евро.
deDer Schweizer Franken ist an den Euro gekoppelt.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 3
За значеннями 7
Походження
From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pFrom Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”), Norwegian Bokmål pigg (“spike”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, walking stick”). Related to beak.
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Форми
множина: pegsСиноніми
синонімів: 11- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface:nog
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing:pintholetholepinrowlockoarlock
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg:wooden leglegpegleg
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.:pin
- informal terms for the leg:pinstick