英语词汇“hedge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hedge
释义	hedge —hedgeless, adj. /hej/, n. , v. , hedged, hedging. n. 1. a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, esp. when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges. 2. any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones. 3. an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one. v.t. 4. to enclose with or separate by a hedge: to hedge a garden. 5. to surround and confine as if with a hedge; restrict (often fol. by in, about, etc.): He felt hedged in by the rules of language. 6. to protect with qualifications that allow for unstated contingencies or for withdrawal from commitment: He hedged his program against attack and then presented it to the board. 7. to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing (one's bets, investments, etc.). 8. to prevent or hinder free movement; obstruct: to be hedged by poverty. v.i. 9. to avoid a rigid commitment by qualifying or modifying a position so as to permit withdrawal: He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him. 10. to prevent complete loss of a bet by betting an additional amount or amounts against the original bet. 11. Finance. to enter transactions that will protect against loss through a compensatory price movement. [bef. 900; ME, OE hegge; c. D heg, G Hecke hedge, ON heggr bird cherry] Syn. 9. evade, stall, delay, temporize, waffle.
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