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单词 hinge
释义 hinge
 —hingeless,  adj.   —hingelike,  adj.  
 /hinj/,  n.  ,  v.  , hinged, hinging.
  n.  
  1. a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
  2. a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell.
  3. that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor.
  4. Also called mount. Philately. a gummed sticker for affixing a stamp to a page of an album, so folded as to form a hinge, allowing the stamp to be raised to reveal the text beneath.
  v.i.  
  5. to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usually fol. by on or upon): Everything hinges on his decision.
  v.t.  
  6. to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges.
  7. to attach as if by a hinge.
  8. to make or consider as dependent upon; predicate: He hinged his action on future sales.
 [1250-1300; ME henge; c. LG heng(e), MD henge hinge; akin to HANG]
 Syn. 5. rest, swing, pivot, depend.
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