Hedge

(noun.) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.

(noun.) an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; 'when you say `maybe' you are just hedging'.

(noun.) any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change.

(verb.) minimize loss or risk; 'diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks'; 'hedge your bets'.

(verb.) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); 'He dodged the issue'; 'she skirted the problem'; 'They tend to evade their responsibilities'; 'he evaded the questions skillfully'.

(verb.) enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; 'hedge the property'.

(verb.) hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; 'The animals were hedged in'.

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• A rustle in a field beyond the hedge attracted his attention. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I descended to the bottom of the hollow, squeezed my way through a hedge, and got out into a lane. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Malone took a direct course through them, jumping hedge and wall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But anyone who makes the tariff the principal concern of statecraft is, I believe, mistaking the hedge for the house. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• A bird flying to the hedge,' was all he thought about it; and came back, and resumed his walk. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• They longed to see a human figure, of a certain mould and height, pass the hedge and enter the gate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Paths, hedges, fields, houses, and trees, were enveloped in one deep shade. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Surely the hedges are shaped and measured and their symmetry preserved by the most architectural of gardeners. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Bonello turned off and followed him and then Piani worked his way out and we followed the two ambulances ahead along the narrow road between hedges. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It has plenty of spectral company in ghosts of trees and hedges, slowly vanishing and giving place to the realities of day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For years I've been dreaming of the bright green fields and the hedges of England. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• You are hedged round and round. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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