English Dictionary

peg-leg

動詞

To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg). / (geology) To appear or detect in a discontinuous fashion.

日本語の意味

（動詞）足や歩行する際に、片足が木製の義足のような状態で、よろめいたり、跛行したりする様子を表す。 / （地質学的用法）断続的にまたは不連続的に現れる、または検出されるという意味。

They watched him peg-leg across the yard after his accident.

彼らは事故の後、彼が木の義足のように足を引きずって庭を歩くのを見守った。

意味（1）

To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg).

Don't forget to bring the gun back tomorrow morning, Peg-leg said, peg-legging it back into the morgue.

意味（2）

(geology) To appear or detect in a discontinuous fashion.

With the wire line, except at great depths, the nearest parallel to the lift of a manila cable in a dry hole is peg-legging (alternate hitting and missing of the tools). Tools will peg-leg with the wire line, but should not be permitted to do so in a dry hole under ordinary conditions.

peg-legs （ present singular third-person ）

peg-legging （ participle present ）

peg-legged （ participle past ）

peg-legged （ past ）