hazard

hazard
[ˈhazəd]
noun

a danger or risk
危险，风险
the hazards of childbirth.
分娩的危险。
■a potential source of danger
潜在危险；危险之源；隐患
a fire hazard.
火灾隐患。
a health hazard.
危害健康的潜在因素。
■a permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream
（高尔夫球的）球场障碍（如沙洼地、水沟等）
[mass noun](poetic/literary)chance; probability
(诗/文)机会，机遇
we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard.
对偶然因素的法则我们无法作任何估计。
[mass noun]a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules
双骰子游戏
(in real tennis) each of the winning openings in the court
（庭院网球用语）可得分区域
(Billiards)a stroke with which a ball is pocketed
(台球)使球触它球后落入袋中的一击
■(losing hazard)the pocketing of the cue ball off another ball
（打出的球与它球相撞后）落入袋中
■(winning hazard)the pocketing of the object ball
打入目标球

verb
[with obj.]

venture to say (something)
冒昧地说
he hazarded a guess.
他大着胆子猜了一下。
put (something) at risk of being lost
使（某物）冒丢失（或损失）之险
the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on.
船货生意风险太大，不能冒险投资。

语源

middle English (in sense 3): from Old French hasard, from Spanish azar, from Arabic az-zahr 'chance, luck', from Persian zār or Turkish zar 'dice'

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