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单词 unhinge
释义 un·hinge
\“+\ transitive verb
Etymology: un- (II) + hinge
1.
 a. : to remove (as a door) from the hinges
 b. : to swing open on or as if on hinges
  < will not … unhinge my jaws to speak again — A.J.Munby >
2.
 a. : to interrupt the normal functioning of : disrupt, disorder
  < dislocates a shoulder, unhinges a joint — Lafcadio Hearn >
 specifically : derange
  < a shock so great as almost to unhinge the mind — Bernard DeVoto >
 b. : to stir up or throw into turmoil : discompose, upset
  < the obvious sarcasm unhinged his temper >
  < sudden excitement unhinged all precision — R.L.Shayon >
 c. : to make precarious or cause to waver : sway, unsettle
  < neither oratory, anticlericalism, nor last-minute attempts to capitalize on the threat of “Fascism” … could unhinge the Italian voter — Newsweek >
  < supplies are coming in very irregularly and unhinge the trade — London Daily News >
3. : to split or break apart : crack, dismember
 < smashed … where they threatened to unhinge the entire Allied line — Milton Lehman >
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