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hedge n.树篱；限制 hedge (n.) Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial, from West Germanic *khagja (cognates: Middle Dutch hegge, Dutch heg, Old High German hegga, German Hecke "hedge"), from PIE *kagh- "to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence" (cognates: Latin caulae "a sheepfold, enclosure," Gaulish caio "circumvallation," Welsh cae "fence, hedge"). Related to Old English haga "enclosure, hedge" (see haw). Figurative sense of "boundary, barrier" is from mid-14c. Prefixed to any word, it "notes something mean, vile, of the lowest class" [Johnson], from contemptuous attributive sense of "plying one's trade under a hedge" (hedge-priest, hedge-lawyer, hedge-wench, etc.), a usage attested from 1530s.hedge (v.) late 14c., "make a hedge," also "surround with a barricade or palisade;" from hedge (n.). The sense of "dodge, evade" is first recorded 1590s. 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. 【记】high edge 在边缘上设一道高高的树篱笆做为界限，包围，阻碍；音：合 + edge 将边界都合，合围起来

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[hedʒ] 【英】 n. 树篱；限制(restrict ion or defense)【考】 prune : hedge / trim : hair(修剪树篱/修剪头发)hedge : loss / quarantine : contamination / safeguard : accident(树篱防止损失/隔离 防止传染/保护防止事 故)【例】 a hedge of convention (习俗的束缚) n. 树篱(一排密种的灌木或低树形成的栅栏或分界线); (由一排人或物体组成的)障碍【记】h = high, edge边: edge比较high－篱笆【类】prune: hedge = trim: hair 修剪树篱 = 修剪头发hedge: loss = quarantine: contamination = safeguard: accident树篱笆防止损失 = 隔离防止传染 = 保护防止事故

单词	hedge
音标	[hedʒ]
解释	n.树篱；限制
红宝书	【英】 n. 树篱；限制(restrict ion or defense) 【考】 prune : hedge / trim : hair(修剪树篱/修剪头发)hedge : loss / quarantine : contamination / safeguard : accident(树篱防止损失/隔离防止传染/保护防止事故) 【例】 a hedge of convention (习俗的束缚)
字源	hedge (n.) Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial, from West Germanic khagja (cognates: Middle Dutch hegge, Dutch heg, Old High German hegga, German Hecke "hedge"), from PIE kagh- "to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence" (cognates: Latin caulae "a sheepfold, enclosure," Gaulish caio "circumvallation," Welsh cae "fence, hedge"). Related to Old English haga "enclosure, hedge" (see haw). Figurative sense of "boundary, barrier" is from mid-14c. Prefixed to any word, it "notes something mean, vile, of the lowest class" [Johnson], from contemptuous attributive sense of "plying one's trade under a hedge" (hedge-priest, hedge-lawyer, hedge-wench, etc.), a usage attested from 1530s. hedge (v.) late 14c., "make a hedge," also "surround with a barricade or palisade;" from hedge (n.). The sense of "dodge, evade" is first recorded 1590s. 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.
不择手段背单词	n. 树篱(一排密种的灌木或低树形成的栅栏或分界线); (由一排人或物体组成的)障碍【记】h = high, edge边: edge比较high－篱笆【类】prune: hedge = trim: hair 修剪树篱 = 修剪头发hedge: loss = quarantine: contamination = safeguard: accident树篱笆防止损失 = 隔离防止传染 = 保护防止事故
趣味全助记	【记】high edge 在边缘上设一道高高的树篱笆做为界限，包围，阻碍；音：合 + edge 将边界都合，合围起来

Hedge Sense N Loss Contamination English Originally Cognates