| 单词 | peg down |
| 例句 | Dizzy with relief, he pegged down to the river and waded in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were no other surprises in the canoe, so Malcolm pulled the old tarpaulin over it and made sure it was pegged down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For her part, Ms. Beydler said: “It’s so hard to peg down where the balance is. But I do everything because of him.” After an Accident, Finding Love with a Marine 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The future of transportation is a tough thing to peg down. This tiny electric car could be the future of urban transportation 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z He has both the advantage and disadvantage of being a libertarian, which makes him hard to peg down on a traditional left-right spectrum. Sneak Peek at the G.O.P. 2016 Field 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z For propagation the buibiferous portion is pegged down on the surface of a pot of suitable soil; if kept close in a moist atmosphere, the little buds will soon strike root and form independent plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The yellow corn was dipping and flowing in the fields, like a cloth of gold pegged down at the corners under which the wind was heaving. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Jason's golden fleece was probably a sheepskin which had been pegged down in the current of the Phasis till a quantity of gold grains had become entangled among the wool. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The portion which forms the roof is covered with grass pegged down and secured to the poles, something after the way in which ricks are thatched in England. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Between settling the camp and agreeing with one another on details, the “Bobbies” were a busy little band for days after the canvas had been stretched and the ropes pegged down. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z They were too cold, and too busy bailing out snow that drifted under the tent walls, or trying to peg down the walls or stop up the gaps with the balsam beds. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Anyway, he drove the peg down good and hard. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z These flower beds were bordered with ivy, so carefully pegged down that it formed thick wreaths of dark-green leaves, and made a beautiful setting for the bright flowers within. The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People 2011-08-10T02:00:18.760Z He seated himself, and his perplexed scrutiny included her frail morning robe of China silk, her lovely bare arms, and her splendid hair twisted up and pegged down with a jade dagger. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z The lower end of this skin covering is then pegged down and the sides are laced together with cords, so that everything is neat and tight. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The netting used for yards should be strung on posts set in the ground and the lower edge should be pegged down so that the birds cannot get under it. Ducks and Geese The growths can also be pegged down to improve the plant, which is apt to get straggling. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens In the centre was a log hut, thatched with long strips of bark, which were pegged down to the timbers beneath. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War And there, tossing lightly on the water, they found a boat, or Bobberie, of Bemba-wood and skin pegged down with wooden pegs. The Three Mulla-mulgars The hide when fresh from the animal was laid on the ground, stretched as tightly as possible and pegged down all around the edges. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The tents were pegged down with extra care, and this was a good thing, for by nightfall the wind had increased to a hurricane. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon It should be planted 4 feet apart, and the strong growths pegged down in the soil. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens When this was pegged down at a convenient angle at the back and also secured at the ends, they had a very comfortable shelter from the dew and possible rain. A Daughter of the Forest “Fasten those pegs down well, Frankie,” she added, to the girl, who had taken the mallet. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club He is beaten with sticks, and then pegged down to the ground. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies This must be neatly pegged down, and removed in March. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes It enjoys a rich soil, and should be pegged down annually, merely thinning out the growths in spring. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The tent covering was stretched over this framework with its back and sides pegged down and the front, which faced south, was left open. Border, Breed Nor Birth The thatch is pegged down firmly, and then tied on with a close network of ropes. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Guy ropes are required for a few of the different models, but most of them are pegged down to the ground. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The frame, thus prepared, is placed, pegs down, on the bed. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial For the latter purpose the shoots should be pegged down and kept in position so that they may take root. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens In a few cases the tents were pegged down all round, and across the top, upon a stout line, there hung a few articles fresh from the wash. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement These machines remained at Ostend, pegged down under the lee of the sand dunes, while Squadron Commander Gerrard went by road to Antwerp to find an aerodrome and to arrange for the proposed raid. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Now, boys," said Davy, "peg down one end of the net. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 It is then turned back and pegged down in the same way as the right-hand net. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. If they should happen to get into this state most of the growth should be cut away, and the main branches tied or pegged down in the direction of the hedge. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The branches are sometimes pegged down with forked sticks or weighted with stones. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 I always hurry off early for the hay, leaving Bann to finish pegging down, and to ditch if necessary. At Plattsburg “His eyelids were to be cut off, and he was then to be pegged down on an ants’ nest and smeared with honey, that the insects might devour him alive,” was the calm answer. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Almost every day will occasion some new operation to be carried out, and all plants having a naturally rambling habit, such as petunias and verbenas, must be strictly kept within bounds by being pegged down. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) Beyond an annual trimming they will not require any further attention, except to tie or peg down a branch or two where gaps may occur. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The hide is pegged down on the ground, when it is covered with a kind of glue. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America It is a rather sprawling plant, growing naturally some two feet high, and hard to stake, but may be pegged down. Making a Garden of Perennials Having flayed the animal and pegged down the skin, we returned to our beds, hoping to finish the night without interruption. Adventures in Africa By an African Trader The sail was thrown over this, and pegged down at both sides. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes The needle was now “pegged down” or fixed at “Train on line,” so that there could be no mistake about it, and no trusting to memory. The Iron Horse They’d come out and turn the box over if it was not well pegged down. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris Several of the perennial herbs, such as sage, savory, and thyme, may be easily propagated by means of layers, the stems being pegged down and covered lightly with earth. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses A flattish web is woven, somehow, underneath the water, and pegged down by threads of silk. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told On this long rows of ordinary rabbit wire netting were pegged down four abreast and the result was a "road" which very greatly increased the pace and extent of infantry marching. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Laid in three rows, and pegged down on to the sand, it is wide enough for infantry comfortably to march four abreast. With Our Army in Palestine These were pegged down in all directions, and at all angles, to a distance of 25 to 30 feet from the tree. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon These only need to be pegged down and covered with soil, or to have a small boulder placed on the part where roots are desired. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. Next the lapping edges, brought together over the doorway, were fastened securely together with wooden pins, while the bottom edge was pegged down all round the lodge with wooden stakes. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure As each landed it wheeled into line and was pegged down. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The projecting ends at the front, should now be secured by the weight of a medium sized log, or by a pole pegged down firmly at intervals. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making His waterproof sheet is spread out, mud-slimed, over the top of the wall of stone and earth and sandbag, and pegged down inside the schanz. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Keep Verbenas, Petunias, and the taller varieties of Phlox Drummondii pegged down; this furnishes the beds and helps to check evaporation. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition The ridge rope was quickly stretched between the trees and the tent securely pegged down. Troop One of the Labrador These being stretched tightly across the river, and the ends well worked into the ground and pegged down, were joined together by small laths of wood two inches apart. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 Across his body were numbers of thin but strong cords, and even his hair, which was very long, was pegged down so securely that he could not turn his head. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories A hollow is scraped in the ground, the hide is laid over it and pegged down, and the meat, salt, and water put into it. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Now and then the horse stamped restlessly and tugged at the lariat that was pegged down within reach of Alton's arm, and once came up and looked down on him. Alton of Somasco Then we started, leaving everything in the tent, of which we pegged down the flap. Mr. Isaacs These cut leaves are set like tiles to form a roof, and pegged down with the thorns which grow at their extremities. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Then the canvas was thrown over and pegged down tightly, sides and back. Out with Gun and Camera The sides of the tent were squared and pegged down. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The priest bade him follow his own rede, and drave a peg down into the sward on the cliff, and heaped stones up over it, and sat thereby. The Story of Grettir the Strong They were earthed up as for potatoes, and the strongest shoots were pegged down and partly covered with soil, though the latter proved unnecessary. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 What happened was this: When the awful news came to-day of your aunt's death, you were naturally, and even creditably, excited, especially as the poor lady was killed by being pegged down on an ant-heap. The Making of Religion So when they had led him back and forth along the lines, they saw that the ends of his ropes were pegged down tightly. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 The process is simple, it merely requiring a notch to be made in a branch of two or three years' growth, which is then pegged down 2 or 3 in. below the surface. Gardening for the Million It would be carefully pegged down all around, and stones piled on the edges to make it additionally firm. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People When the latter is hauled in it is lowered into this pit and there pegged down and anchored. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War "Take him a peg down" was the ordinary saying, and the words have become a proverb amongst ourselves. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography On the other hand, the slave is a fixture; he has no choice, no goal, no destination; but is pegged down to a single spot, and must take root here, or nowhere. My Bondage and My Freedom It is increased by pegging down the lower branches, which soon become rooted. Gardening for the Million In beds, pegging down the branches will be found desirable. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Three or four widths of wire netting were laced together, laid on the sand and pegged down. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine So the sledge was put over the crevasse and pegged down on both sides, Wilson holding on to the anchored trace while the others worked at the leader end. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Over these arches spread your canvas to form a kind of tunnel tent, and peg down the loops to the ground. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns They may also be used for bedding if planted thinly and kept pegged down; or may be grown in window-boxes. Gardening for the Million The bridge in question was made of loose tree-trunks thrown across the river and pegged down on either side where the ends rested upon the steep banks. Polly of Pebbly Pit The sides of the tent were pegged down tight all around. The Ivory Trail I was pegged down, and the smell of a corpse filled my throat—on the top of the bundle there was a head, and it was the hair that I'd seen hanging down. Under Fire: the story of a squad This bed of scarlet geraniums, with the border of young oaks, pegged down! Wives and Daughters It seeds freely, and roots rapidly by being pegged down. Gardening for the Million A lasso went up between two pines, and a tarpaulin over it, V-shaped and pegged down at the four ends. The Man of the Forest What was it thou sawest?"; and the sparrow answered, "I saw a man set up a net, hard by my nest, peg down its pegs, strew grain in its midst and withdraw afar off. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 Deer-hides were pegged down to form a carpet upon the floors, and the walls were neatly covered with talipot leaves. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon The lid of the coffin lifted quite easily, for it was not pegged down, and slid of its own weight over the side of the tree. The Wanderer's Necklace They may be multiplied to any extent by pegging down the side-shoots in April. Gardening for the Million The result was a box that would stand any amount of rough usage and when finally pegged down, one that could only be opened with a hammer and a cold chisel. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa They all ought to be pegged down and given good sound thrashings. Beasts, Men and Gods The streets of the two camps were adjacent, and the Tommies walked out to watch the Yankees pegging down their tents. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge He cut the pegs for the tent, and the front pole, stretching and tightening the rope, one end of it pegged down and one round a pine tree. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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