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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