peg
ペグ
解説 Definition
ペグとは、物を固定・留めるために使う小さなピンや杭、または洗濯物を干すためのクリップのことを指す。また、テントを地面に固定するための金属や木製のくいも指す。
A peg is a small pin, clip, or stake used to fasten, hang, support, or mark something, such as a clothes peg or tent peg. It can also be a fixed reference value to which a currency or price is tied.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
peg の核は「位置を固定する小さな留め具」です。clothes peg は洗濯ばさみ、tent peg は地面に打つ杭、tuning peg は弦の調律具を指します。さらに通貨の peg は価値を一定の基準に固定する仕組みで、形は違っても「動かないよう留める」という共通像で具体義と比喩義を結べます。
Keep one central image: a peg holds something in a fixed position. A clothes peg holds washing on a line, a tent peg anchors fabric to the ground, and a tuning peg holds and adjusts a string’s tension. The financial meaning uses the same idea metaphorically: a currency peg ties a currency’s value to another currency, commodity, or reference. Learn the compounds clothes peg, tent peg, and tuning peg, then extend the “fixed point” image to economics. A stake is usually driven into the ground, while peg covers a wider range of small fasteners.
例文
She used a wooden peg to hang the freshly washed shirts on the clothesline.
彼女は洗いたてのシャツを物干しに干すために木製のペグを使った。
The campers hammered the tent pegs firmly into the ground before the storm arrived.
キャンパーたちは嵐が来る前にテントのペグをしっかりと地面に打ち込んだ。
The price of gold is often used as a peg for certain currencies to maintain stability.
金の価格は安定を保つためにある種の通貨のペグ(基準)としてよく使われる。
peg の類義語・関連語
peg の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中期オランダ語 pegge(杭・栓)に由来し、15世紀頃に英語に借入された。木や金属の小さな杭・留め具を指す。洗濯ばさみや楽器の調律ピンなど「固定する小さな棒」全般に使われる。関連語:pegboard(有孔ボード)。
Peg appeared in English in the late Middle Ages and is probably related to Middle Dutch pegge, meaning a peg, pin, or small projecting piece. It was not created from a modern English prefix and suffix. The physical sense of a small object used to fasten or secure something later produced several specialized uses, including tuning pegs on instruments and the financial sense of a fixed reference to which a currency or price is tied.
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