hedge
US: /ˈhɛdʒ/
UK: /hˈɛdʒ/
UK: /hˈɛdʒ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
hedge /hedʤ/
- danh từ
- hàng rào, bờ giậu; (nghĩa bóng) hàng rào ngăn cách
- quickset hedge: hàng rào cây xanh
- dead hedge: hàng rào cây khô; hàng rào gỗ
- hàng rào (người hoặc vật)
- sự đánh bao vây (đánh cá ngựa... để yên trí khỏi thua)
- it doesn't grow on every hedge
- cái đó hiếm thấy
- hàng rào, bờ giậu; (nghĩa bóng) hàng rào ngăn cách
- tính từ
- (thuộc) hàng rào; ở hàng rào; gần hàng rào
- vụng trộm, lén lút
- a hedge love-affair: chuyện yêu đương lén lút
- ngoại động từ
- rào lại (một miếng đất...)
- (nghĩa bóng) bao quanh, bao bọc, bao vây
- to hedge in the enemy's army: bao vây quân địch
- ngăn cách, rào đón
- nội động từ
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) làm hàng rào; sửa hàng rào, sửa giậu
- tránh không trả lời thẳng, tìm lời thoái thác; tránh không tự thắt buộc mình
- đánh bao vây (đánh cá ngựa... để yên trí khỏi thua)
- to hedge in
- rào lại, bao quanh bằng hàng rào
- to hedge off
- ngăn cách bằng hàng rào
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, usually along the edge of a field, garden/yard or road: a privet hedge
2 ~ against sth a way of protecting yourself against the loss of sth, especially money: to buy gold as a hedge against inflation
+ verb
1 [V] to avoid giving a direct answer to a question or promising to support a particular idea, etc: Just answer 'yes' or 'no'-and stop hedging.
2 [VN] to put a hedge around a field, etc.
3 [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (about / around) (with sth) (formal) to surround or limit sb/sth: His religious belief was always hedged with doubt. + Their offer was hedged around with all sorts of conditions.
Idioms: hedge your bets to reduce the risk of losing or making a mistake by supporting more than one side in a competition, an argument, etc., or by having several choices available to you: She hedged her bets by applying for various other jobs as well.
Phrasal Verbs: hedge against sth to do sth to protect yourself against problems, especially against losing money: a way of hedging against currency risks
hedge sb/sth<->in to surround sb/sth with sth
Synonym: HEM SB/STH IN
The cathedral is now hedged in by other buildings. + (figurative) Married life made him feel hedged in and restless.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
high, low, tall, thick | boundary, garden, roadside
Establish which boundary hedges are yours, and which belong to a neighbour.
| beech, box, hawthorn, privet, yew, etc.
a thick hawthorn hedge
VERB + HEDGE
plant | clip, trim
Trim the hedge and collect the trimmings.
HEDGE + NOUN
clippings, trimmings | trimmer
Concise English dictionary
hedges|hedged|hedginghedʒ
noun
+a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
+any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
+an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
verb
+avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
+hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
+enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
+minimize loss or risk
