0 She
was busy pegging her tent to the ground. ^Xffi'I’feilfTXftft-tc 2 [VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (at/to sth) to
fix or keep prices, wages, etc. at a particular level
)
: Pay increases will be pegged at 5%. ffit ft 5% 0 0 Loan repayments are pegged to your
income. 3 [VN] ~ sb as
sth
{NAmE, informal) to think of sb in a
particular way ft A; She pegged
him as a big spender, j&ffiffiffejt
A
A X A19 A „ ITTI771 see level adj. ,peg a
'way
(at sth) (informal, especially BrE) to continue working
hard at sth or trying to achieve sth difficult M j^XttlftXt^ ( ) .peg sb/sth-'back (especially
in
sport AfflXftWiszyJj) to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by
which they are ahead ft A; it ft; ffift: Each time we scored we were
pegged back minutes later. 0
.peg
'out
{BrE, informal) to die A;
'
peg leg noun (informal) an artificial leg, especially one made of
wood flgffii ( AM ft ft]#) ) pejora tive /pi'd3Drativ; NAmE -’d3o:r-; -'d3a:r-/ adj.
(formal)
a word or remark that is pejorative expresses disapproval or criticism Em using the
word ‘academic’ here in a pejorative sense. W
“
^ A ” — is] M12
X ^ o ►
pe-jora-tive-ly adv. HTTl DEROGATORY
Pe-kin-ese (also Pe-king-ese) /(pi:ki'ni;z/
noun (pi. Pe- kin-ese or Pekineses) a very small dog with
long soft hair, short legs and a flat nose P
Peking duck /.piikirj 'dAk/ noun [U, C] a Chinese dish consisting of
strips of duck that has been
cooked so that the skin is crisp and sweet pe la gic /p0'laed3ik/ adj. (technical Ain) connected with, or living in, the parts of the
sea that are far from land
peli can /‘pelikan/ noun a large bird that lives near water, with a bag of
skin under its long beak for storing food m
.pelican 'crossing noun (in
Mil,
tfA^^jl
pel lagra /pa'laegra/ noun [U] a disease caused by a lack of good
food, that causes the skin to crack and may lead to mental illness
pel-let /'pelit/ noun 1 a small hard ball of
any substance, often of soft material that has become hard A ; |EJ ; A : food pellets for chickens
'0I &
2
a very small metal ball that is fired from
a gun A
pell-mell /.pel'mel/ adv. (old-fashioned) very quickly and in a
way that is not controlled ^Jttft; Aft; pel lu cid /pa'luisid/ adj. (literary) extremely clear tf
#j; '/f EEE1 transparent Pel-man-ism /'pelmamzam/ noun [U] a game in which players must remember
cards or other objects that they have seen
).
pel-met /'pelmit/ (also val-ance especially in NAmE) noun a strip of wood or
cloth above a window that hides the curtain railW^^; US' il1! ifef
pe-lota /pa'krta; -'lau-; NAmE -'lou-/ noun 1 [u] a game from Spain in which players hit a ball against
a wall using a kind of basket attached
to their hand MSEX®
)
2 [C] the ball
used
in the game of pelota [H the pelo-ton /'pelatDn; NAmE -tain/ noun [sing.] (from French) the main group of riders in a bicycle race ( £}
)±*m
pelt /pelt/ verb, noun
mverb 1 [VN] - sb (with sth) to attack sb by
throwing things at them ; ft • • • : The children pelted
him with snowballs. X tf] ft ft %
ft 0 2 [V]
~
(down) (of rain M) to fall very heavily
[V
+adv./prep.\ (informal) to run somewhere very fast
HT1 dash: We pelted down the
hill after the car. /
m noun the skin of an
animal, especially with the fur or hair still on it ( ) ft, 4ft H»T71 (at) full 'pelt/
tilt as fast as possible
Sii;
.pelvic 'floor noun (anatomy H) the muscles at the
base of the abdomen, attached
to the pelvis ( # ) pel-vis /'pelvis/ noun
the wide curved set of bones at the bottom of the body that the legs and spine are connected to ## —picture
o body ► pel-vic /'pelvik/ adj. [only before
noun]: the pelvic bones ### pem-mican /’pemikan/ noun
[u] a food made from
crushed dried meat, originally made by Native
Americans
Xftft, )
pen 0-w /pen/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 (often in compounds A % A
i^) an instrument made of plastic or metal used for writing with ink sH; pen and ink 0 a new book from
the pen of Martin Amis BjX
• ft #r W fr X — see
also
ballpoint, felt-tip pen, fountain pen
2 a small piece of land surrounded by a fence in which farm animals
are kept (§ ; S ^ ; fl? A: : a sheep pen ft ffl 3 (NAmE, slang) = penitentiary IT»T^1 the .pen is .mightier than the 'sword (saying) people who write
books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than
soldiers and wars put
pen to 'paper to write or start to
write sth ^
—
more at slip n.
■
verb (-nn-) [VN] 1 (formal) to write sth p: He
penned a letter to the local paper, ft in ^ ft fH T “ fa
.
2 ~ sb/sth (in/up) to shut an animal
or a person in a small space ( ft-•• ) HI®
ft: At clipping time
sheep need to be penned. ftUAXft, fricftXfflS2fto 0 The whole
family were penned up in one room for a month. A^A^Aft -inlMXMii
'AXftfto penal
/'piinl/
adj. [usually before noun] 1 connected with or used for
punishment, especially by law M ?f] ; jp]^
^:
penal reforms JPJ o the
penal system ffij 19 rfcij
ft
0 Criminals could
at one time be sentenced to penal servitude (= prison
with hard physical work). ItX-riftA HM, PBXT0 a penal
colony (= a place where criminals were sent as a punishment in the past) 2 that can be punished by law jSZ^ff!]
XU
(ft: a penal offence JPJ ^ W 3 very severe S W;
W:
penal rates of interest tMJr 6U f ij $
'penal code noun a system of laws
connected with crime and punishment
pen al ize (BrE also -ise) /'piinalaiz/ verb
[VN] 1 ~ sb (for sth) to punish sb for breaking a rule or law by making
them suffer a disadvantage ffj;
$§?•]; ft Ui fPJ ?U :
You will be penalized for poor spelling. ^ A
^I'Jft^U o 2 ~ sb (for sth) to punish
sb for breaking a rule in a sport or game by giving an advantage to their
opponent ( ft WiszftA ) : He
was penalized for
time-wasting, ft EU ft 2$ W |WJ ft
?U o 0 Foul
play will be severely penalized, tb W IE M # ^ I'J Z® M ft £] <>
3 to put sb at a
disadvantage by treating them unfairly S X X ffl ft
ft ; X A X ft ft : The new law appears to penalize the poorest members of
society. IffiXftftXX^1]
pen alty /'penalti/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 ~ (for sth) a
punishment for breaking a law, rule or contract ; ftfU;
JPJIU:
to impose a penalty X^SlU 0 Assault carries a maximum
penalty of seven years’ imprisonment. {S3EA IMP 0 The penalty for travelling
without a ticket is £200. 200 0
Contractors who fall behind schedule incur heavy financial
penalties. 0 a
penalty clause in a contract A 0 You can
withdraw money from the account at any time without penalty. EftlUXX^?UA0 —see also death penalty 2 ~ (of sth) a
disadvantage suffered as a result of sth HF ft ; X M : One of the
penalties of fame is loss of privacy. —
3 (in sports and games ftWMsfr)
a disadvantage given to a player or a team when they break a rule ( ft?EM##J ) ftIX He incurred a ten-
second penalty in the first round.