1
- a danger or risk危险, 风险：
the hazards of childbirth.
分娩的危险。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- 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）。
2
- 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。
3
- mass noun a gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules双骰子游戏。
4
- (in real tennis) each of the winning openings in the court（庭院网球用语）可得分区域。
5
- Billiards a stroke with which a ball is pocketed【台球】使球触他球后落入袋中的一击。
5.1
losing hazard
the pocketing of the cue ball off another ball（打出的球与他球相撞后）落入袋中。
5.2
winning hazard
the pocketing of the object ball打入目标球。
with obj.
1
- venture to say (something)冒昧地说：
he hazarded a guess.
他大着胆子猜了一下。
2
- 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.
货运业风险太大, 不能冒险投资。
词源
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'.