hinge

hingeleft: strap hingeright: T-hinge

hinge

H0210100 (hĭnj)n.1. a. A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.b. A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close.2. A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album.3. A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend.v. hinged, hing·ing, hing·es v.tr.1. To attach by or equip with or as if with hinges or a hinge.2. To consider or make (something) dependent on something else; predicate: "convenient and misleading fictions for hinging an argument" (Stephen Jay Gould).v.intr. To be contingent on a single factor; depend: This plan hinges on her approval.

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[Middle English henge; see konk- in Indo-European roots.]

hinge

(hɪndʒ) n1. (Mechanical Engineering) a device for holding together two parts such that one can swing relative to the other, typically having two interlocking metal leaves held by a pin about which they pivot2. (Anatomy) anatomy a type of joint, such as the knee joint, that moves only backwards and forwards; a joint that functions in only one plane. Technical name: ginglymus 3. (Zoology) a similar structure in invertebrate animals, such as the joint between the two halves of a bivalve shell4. something on which events, opinions, etc, turn5. (Philately) philately Also called: mount a small thin transparent strip of gummed paper for affixing a stamp to a pagevb6. (tr) to attach or fit a hinge to (something)7. (intr; usually foll by on or upon) to depend (on)8. (intr) to hang or turn on or as if on a hinge[C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch henge; see hang] hinged adj ˈhingeless adj ˈhingeˌlike adj

hinge

(hɪndʒ)

n., v. hinged, hing•ing. n. 1. a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, lid, or other attached part turns,swings, or moves. 2. an anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee. 3. that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor. 4. a gummed sticker, folded to form a hinge, for affixing a stamp to a page of an album. v.i. 5. to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usu. fol. by on or upon): Everything hinges on her decision. v.t. 6. to attach by or as if by a hinge or hinges. 7. to make or consider as dependent on: He hinged his action on future sales. [1250–1300; Middle English henge; akin to Low German heng(e), Middle Dutch henge hinge, and to hang]

hinge

Past participle: hinged
Gerund: hinging

Imperative
hinge
hinge

Present
I hinge
you hinge
he/she/it hinges
we hinge
you hinge
they hinge

Preterite
I hinged
you hinged
he/she/it hinged
we hinged
you hinged
they hinged

Present Continuous
I am hinging
you are hinging
he/she/it is hinging
we are hinging
you are hinging
they are hinging

Present Perfect
I have hinged
you have hinged
he/she/it has hinged
we have hinged
you have hinged
they have hinged

Past Continuous
I was hinging
you were hinging
he/she/it was hinging
we were hinging
you were hinging
they were hinging

Past Perfect
I had hinged
you had hinged
he/she/it had hinged
we had hinged
you had hinged
they had hinged

Future
I will hinge
you will hinge
he/she/it will hinge
we will hinge
you will hinge
they will hinge

Future Perfect
I will have hinged
you will have hinged
he/she/it will have hinged
we will have hinged
you will have hinged
they will have hinged

Future Continuous
I will be hinging
you will be hinging
he/she/it will be hinging
we will be hinging
you will be hinging
they will be hinging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hinging
you have been hinging
he/she/it has been hinging
we have been hinging
you have been hinging
they have been hinging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hinging
you will have been hinging
he/she/it will have been hinging
we will have been hinging
you will have been hinging
they will have been hinging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hinging
you had been hinging
he/she/it had been hinging
we had been hinging
you had been hinging
they had been hinging

Conditional
I would hinge
you would hinge
he/she/it would hinge
we would hinge
you would hinge
they would hinge

Past Conditional
I would have hinged
you would have hinged
he/she/it would have hinged
we would have hinged
you would have hinged
they would have hinged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hinge - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the otherflexible jointbi-fold door - an interior doorbutt hinge - a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jambcar door - the door of a carexterior door, outside door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a buildingFrench door - a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full lengthgate - a movable barrier in a fence or walljoint - junction by which parts or objects are joined togetherpintle - a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hingejoint hinge, strap hinge - a hinge with two long straps; one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frameswing door, swinging door - a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either directionT hinge, tee hinge - a hinge that looks like the letter T when it is opened; similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame
	2.	hinge - a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"circumstance - a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
Verb	1.	hinge - attach with a hingeattach - cause to be attached

Translations

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hinge

(hindʒ) noun the joint by means of which a door is fastened to a door-frame, a lid is fastened to a box etc and on which the door, lid etc turns when it opens or closes. I must oil the hinges. 鉸鏈 铰链hinge on to depend on. The result of the whole competition hinges on the last match. 取決於 取决于…，随...而定

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