| 单词 | to hedge off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hedge off 1. transitive. To surround with a hedge or fence as a boundary, or for purposes of defence. Also with in, about. to hedge off: to fence off with a hedge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge haya1050 frith1377 hain14.. hedgea1425 fence1435 tinec1440 bara1500 mound1515 fence1535 teen1616 mile1655 picket1745 ring-fence1761 zariba1885 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) > with a barrier, fence, etc. hedgea1425 stakea1500 to rail offc1500 stake1598 chain1603 rope1621 fence1767 hurdle1770–4 barrier1776 traverse1828 ward1842 stone1889 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [verb (transitive)] > surround with hedge or fence hedgea1425 c1000 Rectitud. Sing. Pers. c. 2 in Schmid Gesetze 372 On sumon he sceal..bytlian, and burh hegegian.] a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxi. 33 An hosebonde man..plauntide a vynȝerd, and heggide it aboute. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 517 Heggis and wardis..for to close and kepe and hegge yn. 1483 Cath. Angl. 180/1 To Hege, ubi to close. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ovv Defenced & hedged about with the sacramentes of christes churche. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 214 Heggyd and dychyd to make yt sure and strong. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 37 Pallisadoes..hedge in at least a Mile of ground. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. xi. 162 For, 'Till you hedge in the sky, the starlings will fly. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 443 In need of being watered, and of being hedged round. 1897 Advance (Chicago) 14 Jan. 58/3 A portion of the home-park is hedged-off for her particular diversions. < as lemmas |
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