hedge
hedge 英 [hedʒ] 美 [hɛdʒ]
v. 用树篱笆围住；避免作正面答复 n. 对冲，套期保值；树篱；障碍
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- A hedge is a living fence made of closely planted bushes, which, as they grow and get trimmed and shaped, form a wall of green.
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- v. 用树篱笆围住；避免作正面答复
- n. 对冲，套期保值；树篱；障碍
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1. Along the river bank there is a hedge.
沿河岸有一排树篱芭。
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2. We need to trim away the rough edges on that hedge.
我们需要把这树篱不平整的边缘剪掉。
- hedge (n.) Old English hecg "hedge," originally any fence, living or artificial, from West Germanic *hagjo (source also of Middle Dutch hegge, Dutch heg, Old High German hegga, German Hecke "hedge"), from PIE root *kagh- "to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence" (source also of Latin caulae "a sheepfold, enclosure," Gaulish caio "circumvallation," Welsh cae "fence, hedge"). Related to Old English haga "enclosure, hedge" (see haw (n.)).
- hedge (v.) late 14c., "make a hedge," also "surround with a barricade or palisade;" from hedge (n.). The intransitive sense of "dodge, evade, avoid committing oneself" is first recorded 1590s, on the notion of hiding as if in a hedge. That of "insure oneself against loss," as in a bet, by playing something on the other side is from 1670s, originally with in; probably from an earlier use of hedge in meaning "secure (a debt) by including it in a larger one which has better security" (1610s). Related: Hedged; hedging. The noun in the wagering sense is from 1736.
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