take down a peg

/peg/US // pɛg //UK // (pɛɡ) //

卸任,卸磨杀驴,摘下帽子,摘下眼镜

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- : Informal. a leg, either real or wooden: still on his pegs at 99.
- : a notch or degree: to come down a peg.
- : an occasion, basis, or reason: a peg to hang a grievance on.
- : Also pin .Music. a pin of wood or metal in the neck of a stringed instrument that may be turned in its socket to adjust a string's tension.
- : Informal. a throw, especially in baseball: The peg to the plate was late.
- : news peg.
- : Economics. the level at which some price, exchange rate, etc., is set.
- : British, Indian English. an alcoholic drink, especially a whiskey or brandy and soda.
- : British. clothespin.

v.有主动词 verb

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pegged, peg·ging.
- : to drive or insert a peg into.
- : to fasten with or as with pegs.
- : to mark with pegs.
- : to strike or pierce with or as with a peg.
- : to keep at a set level, as by manipulation or law.
- : Informal. to throw.
- : Journalism. to base upon; justify by: The feature on the chief of police was pegged on the riots.
- : Informal. to identify: to peg someone as a good prospect.

v.无主动词 verb

1
pegged, peg·ging.
- : to work or continue persistently or energetically: to peg away at a homework assignment.
- : Informal. to throw a ball.
- : Croquet. to strike a peg, as in completing a game.

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : Also pegged. tapered toward the bottom of the leg: peg trousers.

Phrases

peg away at
square peg in a round hole
take down a notch (peg)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmortify

Synonyms

annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事 chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是 confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听 deflate放气,平放,平减,平移 disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感 displease不悦,不高兴,开罪,开罪人 humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂 subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服 vex呧呧的 abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂 abash羞辱,羞愧难当,羞涩,羞愧 affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为 belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻 chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞 control控制,管制,控制权,操控 crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎 deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认 disappoint失望,让人失望的是,让人失望,使人失望的是 discipline纪律,管教,惩戒,纪律性 discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为 harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 ridicule讥讽,嘲弄,调侃,嘲讽 shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当 worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼 get one's comeuppance报应,报销,报应不爽,戴罪立功 put to shame羞愧难当,羞辱,丢人现眼,羞愧 take the wind out除风,抽风,除去风,除去风气

Antonyms

aid援助 build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的 delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐 make happy使高兴,使人高兴,让人高兴,使人高兴的是 please请,请你,请注意,请您 soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰 assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐 compliment赞美,夸奖,称赞,恭维 encourage鼓励,激励,励,励志 help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的 honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书 let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开 praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 respect尊重,尊敬,尊敬的,尊 satisfy满足,符合,满意,满足了 surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降 yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率 flatter谄媚,谄媚者,谄媚的,谄媚的人

as inpuncture

Synonyms

disprove否定了,驳斥,推翻,否定 explode爆炸,爆发,爆炸性,爆炸性地 flatten压平,弄平,压扁,平坦化 discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说 discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人 disillusion幻灭,幻灭感,幻想破灭,幻觉 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 blow sky high轰天响,轰轰烈烈,仰天长啸,轰隆隆 knock bottom out敲底,敲除底部,敲打底部,敲打底层 knock props from under敲诈勒索,敲打道具 poke full of holes捅破脑袋,捅破天,捅娄子,捅破头 shoot full of holes漏洞百出,无孔不入,漏洞百出的射击,百密一疏 take wind out of sails出风头,出风口,出风,撒手锏

Antonyms

prove证明,证实,证实了 praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的 close关闭,密切,结束,靠近 sew缝纫,缝制,缝合,缝补

as inreduce

Synonyms

lower较低的,较低,低层,低级 abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂 break突破,休息,断裂,断 bump碰撞,撞击,颠簸,撞伤 bust半身像,半身,胸围,半身雕像 degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化 demote降职,降级,贬职,贬低 downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降 bring low带低,降低,低价,低调 declass解密,解读,解除机密,解除机密文件 demerit违约金,赏罚分明,违约,过失 disgrade降级,退级,退档,退步 disrate脱离,分离,分裂,分解

Antonyms

fix修复,固定,修理,修整 honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书 improve改善,改进,完善,提高 mend补,修补,缝补,补足 promote促进,推动,推广,推销 upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版 expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展 extend延伸,延长,扩展,延续 grow增长,成长,长,壮大 increase增加,提高,增长,增 invigorate振兴,振作起来,振奋人心,搞活 raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来 strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固 win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得

as inbad-mouth

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belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻 criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四 cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小 dis弃权,不适用,弃置,弃用 disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人 dump on倾倒在,倾销,倾泻而下,倾泻在 find fault找茬,找碴儿,找茬儿,找碴 knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击 malign恶意的,弊端,恶毒的,恶性 mudsling泥石流,泥浆,泥泞,泥泞的道路 pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅 pooh pooh呸呸呸,维尼熊,呸呸呸呸 put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了 rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教 rip撕裂,裂缝,撕开,撕毁 roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤 run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失 slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击 slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言 take a dig at挖苦,挖空心思,挖墙脚,挖出 tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁 tear to pieces撕成碎片,撕碎,撕碎了,扯碎

as inshame

Synonyms

debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己 discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人 dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事 humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂 mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀 reproach责备,责难,责备声,责怪 ridicule讥讽,嘲弄,调侃,嘲讽 abash羞辱,羞愧难当,羞涩,羞愧 blot污点,污渍,污痕,污污点 confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听 defile丑化,隘口,隘路,弄脏了 degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化 disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑 stain污渍,污点,染色,沾污 cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小 give a black eye打黑眼圈,抹黑,抹眼泪,打黑眼圈儿 shoot down击落,击落了,击倒,击坠 take down记下,拿下,记下了,取下

Antonyms

credit信用,贷款,信誉,贷方 elevate提升,提升为,提升了,提升到 flatter谄媚,谄媚者,谄媚的,谄媚的人 honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书 laud赞扬,赞许,赞美,赞成 praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版 clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的 promote促进,推动,推广,推销 be proud骄傲,感到自豪,感到骄傲,得意 regard视,看待,注意,看 respect尊重,尊敬,尊敬的,尊

as inbelittle

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as inbring to terms

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bend to one's will随心所欲,随心所欲地,俯首称臣,俯首帖耳 bring low带低,降低,低价,低调 bring to one's knees下跪,压服,说服力,弄垮 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂 take down a notch下降一个档次,下调一个档次,降级,下降一个等级

as inchide

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as indebase

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cheapen廉价,削价,便宜,便宜化 demean贬低,贬抑,贬损,贬低他人 demoralize受挫,受挫折,受挫折感,动摇 disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感 dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事 humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂 abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂 corrupt贪污,堕落,腐败,贪腐 cripple跛脚,跛子,跛脚的,残废 debauch放浪形骸,放荡不羁,放浪,放荡不羁的人 debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化 deprave蹂躏,堕落,摧残,剥夺 devaluate贬值,贬低,价值贬低,价值贬低的 devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值 disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能 enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 lower较低的,较低,低层,低级 reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小 sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂 sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦 undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱 weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了 bemean卑弥呼,卑鄙小人,卑鄙,卑鄙的人 cast down抛下,投下,丢弃,扔下 drag down拖累,拖动,向下拖动,往下拖 dump on倾倒在,倾销,倾泻而下,倾泻在 fluff off绒毛脱落,绒毛脱掉,绒毛脱掉后 put away收起,收起来,收回,收好 put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了 shoot down击落,击落了,击倒,击坠 take down记下,拿下,记下了,取下

Antonyms

boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促 enhance加强,增强,提高,提升 esteem推崇,崇尚,尊重,尊敬 honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书 upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版 aid援助 assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐 build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的 cleanse清洁,净化,洁净,清理 dignify使得人们感到高贵,使得人们感到自豪,使得人们感到高贵的 enable启用,使,使得,让 grow增长,成长,长,壮大 help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的 improve改善,改进,完善,提高 increase增加,提高,增长,增 invigorate振兴,振作起来,振奋人心,搞活 praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 purify纯化,净化,提纯,洁净 raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来 rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨 strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固 clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的 clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理 elevate提升,提升为,提升了,提升到 laud赞扬,赞许,赞美,赞成 value价值,价值观,值,价值取向

as indegrade

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as indepreciate

Synonyms

lower较低的,较低,低层,低级 undervalue估价过低,低估,低估了,价值低估 abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为 asperse渴望,渴望的,渴望着,渴望得到 attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的 calumniate谰言,谰调 censure斥责,谴责,指责,训斥 condemn谴责,声讨,赔偿,判处 contemn谴责,声讨,赔偿,争论 decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问 defame诋毁,诽谤,毁谤,诽谤罪 denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥 denounce谴责,攻讦,驳斥,指责 deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减 deride嘲笑,揶揄,贬损,贬低 derogate减损,克减,贬低,减损了 detract减损,减轻,减轻影响,减损了 discount折扣,贴现,打折,折价 discountenance折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折 discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人 disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感 disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人 fault错,故障,错误,缺点 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击 malign恶意的,弊端,恶毒的,恶性 minimize减少 rap说唱,饶舌,说唱机,说教 revile咒骂,谩骂,辱骂,僝僽 roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤 scorn蔑视,轻视,不屑一顾,看不起 slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击 slander诽谤,诋毁,毁谤,谗言 slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微 slur骚乱,骚动,啧啧称奇,啧啧啧 smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑 spurn摒弃,吐弃,厌弃,吐 traduce诱导,诱骗,诱拐,诱导性 underestimate低估,低估了,低估计,轻视 underrate低估,低评,低价,贬低 vilify诋毁,诽谤,诋毁他人,诋譭 clamor against喧哗反对,吵着要反对,抨击 dispraise嘲笑 find fault with指责,找茬,指摘,找茬儿 look down on藐视,小视,小看,俯视 put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了 run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失 scoff at嗤之以鼻,嘲笑,嘲讽,嗤笑 sneer at嘲讽,嘲讽讽刺,嗤笑,讥笑

Antonyms

praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 approve批准,核准,认可,通过 build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的 cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱 commend表扬,称赞,赞扬,褒奖 compliment赞美,夸奖,称赞,恭维 defend保护,防御,辩护,维护 endorse认可,赞成,认同,审批 esteem推崇,崇尚,尊重,尊敬 exaggerate夸大其词,夸大其辞,夸张,夸夸其谈 exalt升华,超越,扬扬得意,夸赞 flatter谄媚,谄媚者,谄媚的,谄媚的人 honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书 increase增加,提高,增长,增 laud赞扬,赞许,赞美,赞成 maximize最大化,最大限度地提高,最大限度地扩大,最大限度地 overestimate高估,高估了,夸大其词,过高估计 overrate高估了,高估,过高,高估了价格 protect保护,防护,保障,保护环境 respect尊重,尊敬,尊敬的,尊 revere尊崇,崇尚,崇敬,尊敬 sanction制裁,惩处,惩罚,惩戒 support支持,支助,支撑,支持率 raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来 rate率,费率,速率,税率 recommend建议,推荐,推荐理由,荐

as indisgrace

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as indowngrade

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degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化 demote降职,降级,贬职,贬低 devalue贬值,贬低,贬损,贬低价值 reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小 undervalue估价过低,低估,低估了,价值低估 abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂 bench长椅,长凳,凳子,板凳 break突破,休息,断裂,断 bump碰撞,撞击,颠簸,撞伤 bust半身像,半身,胸围,半身雕像 decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌 decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问 demerit违约金,赏罚分明,违约,过失 denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥 depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的 disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 minimize减少 declass解密,解读,解除机密,解除机密文件 detract from减损,减损了,折损,减损了一些 devalorize贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低了 disrate脱离,分离,分裂,分解 mark down记下,减价,标记,减价出售 run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失 set back后退,挫折,退后,衬托 write off注销,核销,销账,销帐

Antonyms

increase增加,提高,增长,增 overvalue高估,价值过高,估价过高,高估了 promote促进,推动,推广,推销 raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来 upgrade升级,提升,升级改造,升级版 approve批准,核准,认可,通过 cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱 commend表扬,称赞,赞扬,褒奖 compliment赞美,夸奖,称赞,恭维 enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化 exalt升华,超越,扬扬得意,夸赞 fix修复,固定,修理,修整 laud赞扬,赞许,赞美,赞成 mend补,修补,缝补,补足 overrate高估了,高估,过高,高估了价格 praise赞扬,赞美,表扬,称赞 improve改善,改进,完善,提高

as inhumble

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as inhumiliate

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confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱 crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎 degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化 demean贬低,贬抑,贬损,贬低他人 depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的 disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感 humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的 shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当 snub冷落,冷落了,冷落的,冷漠 subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服 abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂 abash羞辱,羞愧难当,羞涩,羞愧 base基础,基地,基层,底层 blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂 break突破,休息,断裂,断 chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是 chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞 confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听 conquer征服,克服,征服者,攻克 debase贬低,贬损,贬值,贬低自己 denigrate诋毁,贬低,诽谤,驳斥 deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认 discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为 discountenance折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折 dishonor辱骂,不名誉,侮辱,不光彩的事 downplay淡化,轻描淡写,淡化影响,贬低 lower较低的,较低,低层,低级 mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀 pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅 rip撕裂,裂缝,撕开,撕毁 slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击 smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑 squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎 vanquish征服,战胜,消灭,消除 wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩 bemean卑弥呼,卑鄙小人,卑鄙,卑鄙的人 bring down降低,弄倒,带下,弄垮 bring low带低,降低,低价,低调 cast down抛下,投下,丢弃,扔下 cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小 make a fool of愚弄,贻笑大方,愚弄人,愚弄别人 make ashamed羞愧难当,使人羞愧的是,羞愧,羞愧不已 play down贬低,衰减,跌宕起伏,贬低了 put out of countenance黯然失色,黯然销声匿迹,黯然神伤,黯然离场 put to shame羞愧难当,羞辱,丢人现眼,羞愧 run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失 shoot down击落,击落了,击倒,击坠 take down记下,拿下,记下了,取下 tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁

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The company has also clarified that parents will be able to work remotely past the August 2021 date currently pegged for the workforce’s return to the office is children’s schools remain closed.
We pegged from the start that Democrats would win the House and Republicans would hold the Senate.
A season ago, SRS pegged the Canes as the league’s 13th-best team, just good enough to sneak into the playoffs and cause some chaos.
Smooth, continuous curves contrast with curves that are merely continuous, but not smooth — the type of curve that features in Toeplitz’s square peg conjecture.
This Möbius strip provides mathematicians with a new object to analyze in order to solve the rectangular peg problem.
To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord.
And so the shaming of them, the public taking them down a peg or two, become moments to savor.
But “economic diversity” is a square peg in a round hole, no matter how you feel about round holes.
His team routed the British and hence, at the Patiala Peg, drinks are served in 75 ml glasses, compared to the standard 60 ml.
It was meant to convey an off-the-peg, cheap suit, which was all the character would have been able to afford.
He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
The throat, with the whole of the peg-box, is reduced slightly but consistently with strength and beauty of appearance.
Edna had found her old bathing suit still hanging, faded, upon its accustomed peg.
As the representative of his father-in-law, Haggard asked his lordship with punctilious hospitality if he would take another peg.

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