Definition of hinge in English:

hinge

nounPlural hinges hɪn(d)ʒhɪndʒ

1A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.
铰链
Example sentencesExamples
- Bruth swung the door open on its hinge, and followed Kaltag outside.
- I threw the weight of my body against the door and forced it to swing open on its hinges.
- Gloriana pointed to the window swinging open on its hinge.
- The door with different hinges opened suddenly, revealing Armand and behind him a stone spiral staircase leading upwards.
- The door stood open, its hinges and locking mechanisms smashed.
- He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly.
- With a slow creaking of hinges, the door opened to admit cold air and a midnight visitor.
- It swung open on oiled hinges to reveal two rooms.
- There was a knock on my door, and it swung open on its hinges.
- He stroked the metal surface, and not knowing how it all happened, slowly caused the door to swing on its hinges and open.
- She put a finger to her lips toward him, and then quietly pushed the door open on well-oiled hinges.
- He flipped the hinge and the door opened, revealing several small boxes.
- He was surprised to see the house as it was; curtains flying all over the place, doors swinging on their hinges.
- The door swung off the hinges and landed on the floor with a crash, exposing 3 Nazi officials.
- Alice closed the door almost all the way but had to stop as she heard the front door swing open on squeaky hinges.
- The door squeaked on its hinges and opened to a musty hall.
- As Teta carefully pulled the double doors open, their hinges squeaked loudly.
- Eventually, the creaky hinges swung open with a younger, brown haired, freckled boy standing just inside, looking at me.
- The device covers the gap created on a door hinge when it is open and prevents fingers being trapped in the door.
- The fanfare began, and the elaborate gold embroidered doors opened, the hinges creaking from the weight.
1. 1.1Biology A natural joint which performs a function similar to that of a man-made hinge, for example that of a bivalve shell.
  〔生〕铰合部（如双壳贝的节点）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Your elbow joints are simple hinges, and they can bend only one way and on a direct line.
  A good analog of the decrescent side is the interarea of brachiopods or the hinge area of bivalves.
  The hinge ligament of bivalve shell is an example of a complex development.
  Dr. Borje Walldius in Sweden replaced knees in 1953 with a simple hinge joint but knees are complex and these replacements often loosened.
  With pushdowns, make sure the only things moving are your forearms via the hinge joint at your elbows.
2. 1.2 A central or pivotal point or principle on which everything depends.
  枢纽，关键
  this period can be called the hinge of history
  这段时间可以称之为历史的转折点。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was also the hinge and the catalyst for the largest covert operation in history - the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
  I think it's important to recognize that we are at the hinge of history.
  These are at least nation-scale questions, ones whose answers turn the hinges of history.
  So the 1530's is indeed the hinge decade for English history.
  Cop Rock represents a hinge, a pivotal point on the door of possibility.
  Only now are we beginning to sense a hinge in history, a time when the earth is beginning to move beneath our feet.
  The Association was formed at a fateful turning of the hinge of our strategic history - the fall of Saigon in 1975.
  It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history.

verbhinged, hinging, hinges, hingeing hɪn(d)ʒhɪndʒ

[with object]

1Attach or join with or as if with a hinge.
用铰链（或像铰链一样）接合
the ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom
烫衣板固定在墙上，底部装有铰链。
Example sentencesExamples
- The ‘Blue Streak’ was a hinged shoulder holster that allowed one to fire at anyone who grabbed from behind without even removing the gun from the holster.
- The blinds are hinged so they fold compactly against the piers.
- The hood - like that on the Solstice - is front hinged.
- For ground loading and unloading the side panels of the rear fuselage are hinged for outward opening to provide wider access.
- The ship is optimised for roll-on/roll-off operations with all RO-RO decks fixed and a combination of fixed and hinged RO-RO ramps.
- The cover of the crate should be hinged and screwed on, not nailed.
- There were hinged shutters to fasten against the occasional dust storm.
- Another option is to hinge the top part so that the seat becomes a lid that you just lift up.
- The upper beak is hinged dorsally on a naso-frontal hinge.
- There were two hinged wooden boxes in the closet under the stairs.
- Some take the form of little chests of drawers, others have hinged lids.
- As for the bottom metal unit, it's a classy, all-steel affair with a straddle-type hinged floorplate.
- The framed certificate is stationery while the wedding picture is hinged.
- The plastron is often reduced and cruciform in shape and may be hinged.
- The tailgate is unusual in being hinged deep into the roof and having a separately opening window.
- The permanent sign is hinged so the words ‘Road Blocked’ can be displayed when needed.
- These hydraulically operated tools, which mount on the side of the tractor, are hinged for raising or lowering.
- Meet the trapdoor spiders, famed for their silk-lined burrows complete with emergency exits, hinged trapdoors and careful camouflage.
- I don't even think my brain is properly hinged inside my cranium at this moment, so how am I supposed to think?
Synonyms
hinged, jointed, segmented
1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a door or part of a structure) hang and turn on a hinge.
  （门等）靠铰链（或铰合部）开合
  the skull's jaw hinged down
  骷髅头的下颌从铰合处下挂。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was a knock on the door, which hinged open momentarily.
  Axles and bracing struts were hinged to the bottom longerons of the fuselage.
  James could only stare at Ryouji with his jaw hinging like a gaping fish.
  Our living room window is very narrow and hinged at the top.
  The only way in and out was through two huge doors that hinged opposite each other.
  The cardboard was hinged to the table on one side so that it could flap forward toward the infant, and then all the way back, away from the infant.
  The two levers are hinged in the middle by the wrists and the hands.
  When the gallery is open, the door will hinge out into the foyer so that it offers another perspective on the building.
  Rudi Uhlenhaut designed the Mercedes 300 SL with the famous gull-wing doors that opened up sideways, hinged in the centre of the roof.
  Their tails are hinged at the base and flick up, flick up, when they land and look.
  The 140A has the tapered, single-strut, all-metal wing of the 150, but the flaps are hinged, not Fowler flaps.
  The tail fins are hinged and have a curved surface, which results in the missile spinning in flight for aerodynamic stabilisation.
  The corvus (Latin for crow) was a plank that was hinged at one end to the side of a Roman ship, and that had a heavy spike in the other end.
  The K - 2 is hinged ingeniously on the front wheel assembly, where the wheels cant in the direction of the turn.
  For instance the tailgate top window is hinged providing an opening for smaller items to be loaded, while the tailgate itself has good handgrips.
2. 1.2hinge onno object Depend entirely on.
  取决于
  the future of the industry could hinge on the outcome of next month's election
  该行业的未来取决于下个月的选举结果。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is when you are working to build the basic frame on which to hinge your life.
  Any innovator will tell you that success hinges less on getting everything right than on how you handle getting things wrong.
  The success of the Raiders hinges largely on the performance of their reconfigured defensive line.
  Your emotions are hinged upon how this guy treats you.
  However, no one is asking the fundamental question on which everything hinges: Why?
  The famous device of conflict upon which all stories are supposed to hinge starts within the writer.
  Now the government is drafting an update on the progress made, on which hinges the next loan disbursement of $400 million.
  While the success of government hinges largely on programming, governance depends on relationship building.
  Selling is a strange phenomenon because being successful financially in this industry hinges upon your individual performance.
  Indemnity hinges upon the principal continuing in business and exploiting the agent's connection.
  Synonyms
  depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be conditional
  be subject to, be determined by, be decided by, revolve around

Derivatives

hingeless

adjective

The helicopters have a common four-bladed, composite, hingeless, bearingless main rotor system and tail rotor, engine, avionics, software, controls and displays.
Example sentencesExamples
- The gentle taps reverberated off the almost hingeless door, echoing through the almost stereotypically empty town.
- The hingeless frame is constructed of yet another proprietary Oakley material or technology saddled with a too-hip name: Unobtanium.
- The existing two-bladed, semi-rigid, teetering rotor system is replaced with a four-bladed, hingeless, bearingless rotor system.

Origin

Middle English henge; related to hang.

hang from Old English:
To hang someone as a punishment was originally to crucify them. Later it came to involve using a rope, now the only sense in which the past form hanged is used. But in early times it was the only possibility: hung did not appear until the 16th century. The phrase to hang fire originates with the complex firing mechanism of the old flintlock pistol. A small quantity of gunpowder would be loaded into a metal hollow above the trigger, and when the trigger was released a spark from a flint would ignite the gunpowder, which in turn would ignite the main charge, causing it to explode and propel the shot out of the barrel. Sometimes the powder in the pan would fail to explode immediately, perhaps because it was damp, and merely smoulder, causing a delay in the firearm going off. When this happened it was said to hang fire. See also half. The hinge (Middle English) on which you hang a door is closely related to hang.

Rhymes

binge, cringe, fringe, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge

Definition of hinge in US English:

hinge

nounhɪndʒhinj

1A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.
铰链
Example sentencesExamples
- The device covers the gap created on a door hinge when it is open and prevents fingers being trapped in the door.
- She put a finger to her lips toward him, and then quietly pushed the door open on well-oiled hinges.
- He stroked the metal surface, and not knowing how it all happened, slowly caused the door to swing on its hinges and open.
- There was a knock on my door, and it swung open on its hinges.
- Gloriana pointed to the window swinging open on its hinge.
- With a slow creaking of hinges, the door opened to admit cold air and a midnight visitor.
- The fanfare began, and the elaborate gold embroidered doors opened, the hinges creaking from the weight.
- The door with different hinges opened suddenly, revealing Armand and behind him a stone spiral staircase leading upwards.
- He was surprised to see the house as it was; curtains flying all over the place, doors swinging on their hinges.
- He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly.
- The door stood open, its hinges and locking mechanisms smashed.
- Alice closed the door almost all the way but had to stop as she heard the front door swing open on squeaky hinges.
- The door squeaked on its hinges and opened to a musty hall.
- Bruth swung the door open on its hinge, and followed Kaltag outside.
- He flipped the hinge and the door opened, revealing several small boxes.
- It swung open on oiled hinges to reveal two rooms.
- As Teta carefully pulled the double doors open, their hinges squeaked loudly.
- Eventually, the creaky hinges swung open with a younger, brown haired, freckled boy standing just inside, looking at me.
- I threw the weight of my body against the door and forced it to swing open on its hinges.
- The door swung off the hinges and landed on the floor with a crash, exposing 3 Nazi officials.
1. 1.1Biology A natural joint that performs a function similar to a hinge, for example that of a bivalve shell.
  〔生〕铰合部（如双壳贝的节点）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dr. Borje Walldius in Sweden replaced knees in 1953 with a simple hinge joint but knees are complex and these replacements often loosened.
  Your elbow joints are simple hinges, and they can bend only one way and on a direct line.
  The hinge ligament of bivalve shell is an example of a complex development.
  A good analog of the decrescent side is the interarea of brachiopods or the hinge area of bivalves.
  With pushdowns, make sure the only things moving are your forearms via the hinge joint at your elbows.
2. 1.2 A central point or principle on which everything depends.
  枢纽，关键
  this period can be called the hinge of history
  这段时间可以称之为历史的转折点。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cop Rock represents a hinge, a pivotal point on the door of possibility.
  So the 1530's is indeed the hinge decade for English history.
  I think it's important to recognize that we are at the hinge of history.
  It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history.
  These are at least nation-scale questions, ones whose answers turn the hinges of history.
  The Association was formed at a fateful turning of the hinge of our strategic history - the fall of Saigon in 1975.
  He was also the hinge and the catalyst for the largest covert operation in history - the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
  Only now are we beginning to sense a hinge in history, a time when the earth is beginning to move beneath our feet.

verbhɪndʒhinj

[with object]

1Attach or join with or as if with a hinge.
用铰链（或像铰链一样）接合
the ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom
烫衣板固定在墙上，底部装有铰链。
Example sentencesExamples
- There were two hinged wooden boxes in the closet under the stairs.
- The ship is optimised for roll-on/roll-off operations with all RO-RO decks fixed and a combination of fixed and hinged RO-RO ramps.
- Meet the trapdoor spiders, famed for their silk-lined burrows complete with emergency exits, hinged trapdoors and careful camouflage.
- The ‘Blue Streak’ was a hinged shoulder holster that allowed one to fire at anyone who grabbed from behind without even removing the gun from the holster.
- Some take the form of little chests of drawers, others have hinged lids.
- The blinds are hinged so they fold compactly against the piers.
- The cover of the crate should be hinged and screwed on, not nailed.
- These hydraulically operated tools, which mount on the side of the tractor, are hinged for raising or lowering.
- The plastron is often reduced and cruciform in shape and may be hinged.
- The upper beak is hinged dorsally on a naso-frontal hinge.
- There were hinged shutters to fasten against the occasional dust storm.
- Another option is to hinge the top part so that the seat becomes a lid that you just lift up.
- The tailgate is unusual in being hinged deep into the roof and having a separately opening window.
- The hood - like that on the Solstice - is front hinged.
- I don't even think my brain is properly hinged inside my cranium at this moment, so how am I supposed to think?
- The framed certificate is stationery while the wedding picture is hinged.
- As for the bottom metal unit, it's a classy, all-steel affair with a straddle-type hinged floorplate.
- The permanent sign is hinged so the words ‘Road Blocked’ can be displayed when needed.
- For ground loading and unloading the side panels of the rear fuselage are hinged for outward opening to provide wider access.
Synonyms
hinged, jointed, segmented
1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a door or part of a structure) hang and turn on a hinge.
  （门等）靠铰链（或铰合部）开合
  the skull's jaw hinged down
  骷髅头的下颌从铰合处下挂。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the gallery is open, the door will hinge out into the foyer so that it offers another perspective on the building.
  The 140A has the tapered, single-strut, all-metal wing of the 150, but the flaps are hinged, not Fowler flaps.
  Our living room window is very narrow and hinged at the top.
  The tail fins are hinged and have a curved surface, which results in the missile spinning in flight for aerodynamic stabilisation.
  The corvus (Latin for crow) was a plank that was hinged at one end to the side of a Roman ship, and that had a heavy spike in the other end.
  Their tails are hinged at the base and flick up, flick up, when they land and look.
  The two levers are hinged in the middle by the wrists and the hands.
  The cardboard was hinged to the table on one side so that it could flap forward toward the infant, and then all the way back, away from the infant.
  Axles and bracing struts were hinged to the bottom longerons of the fuselage.
  The K - 2 is hinged ingeniously on the front wheel assembly, where the wheels cant in the direction of the turn.
  There was a knock on the door, which hinged open momentarily.
  James could only stare at Ryouji with his jaw hinging like a gaping fish.
  For instance the tailgate top window is hinged providing an opening for smaller items to be loaded, while the tailgate itself has good handgrips.
  Rudi Uhlenhaut designed the Mercedes 300 SL with the famous gull-wing doors that opened up sideways, hinged in the centre of the roof.
  The only way in and out was through two huge doors that hinged opposite each other.
2. 1.2hinge onno object Depend entirely on.
  取决于
  the future of the industry could hinge on the outcome of next month's election
  该行业的未来取决于下个月的选举结果。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now the government is drafting an update on the progress made, on which hinges the next loan disbursement of $400 million.
  Selling is a strange phenomenon because being successful financially in this industry hinges upon your individual performance.
  The success of the Raiders hinges largely on the performance of their reconfigured defensive line.
  Indemnity hinges upon the principal continuing in business and exploiting the agent's connection.
  The famous device of conflict upon which all stories are supposed to hinge starts within the writer.
  Any innovator will tell you that success hinges less on getting everything right than on how you handle getting things wrong.
  This is when you are working to build the basic frame on which to hinge your life.
  While the success of government hinges largely on programming, governance depends on relationship building.
  However, no one is asking the fundamental question on which everything hinges: Why?
  Your emotions are hinged upon how this guy treats you.
  Synonyms
  depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be conditional

Origin

Middle English henge; related to hang.

词汇	hinge
释义	Definition of hinge in English: hinge nounPlural hinges hɪn(d)ʒhɪndʒ 1A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects. 铰链 Example sentencesExamples Bruth swung the door open on its hinge, and followed Kaltag outside. I threw the weight of my body against the door and forced it to swing open on its hinges. Gloriana pointed to the window swinging open on its hinge. The door with different hinges opened suddenly, revealing Armand and behind him a stone spiral staircase leading upwards. The door stood open, its hinges and locking mechanisms smashed. He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly. With a slow creaking of hinges, the door opened to admit cold air and a midnight visitor. It swung open on oiled hinges to reveal two rooms. There was a knock on my door, and it swung open on its hinges. He stroked the metal surface, and not knowing how it all happened, slowly caused the door to swing on its hinges and open. She put a finger to her lips toward him, and then quietly pushed the door open on well-oiled hinges. He flipped the hinge and the door opened, revealing several small boxes. He was surprised to see the house as it was; curtains flying all over the place, doors swinging on their hinges. The door swung off the hinges and landed on the floor with a crash, exposing 3 Nazi officials. Alice closed the door almost all the way but had to stop as she heard the front door swing open on squeaky hinges. The door squeaked on its hinges and opened to a musty hall. As Teta carefully pulled the double doors open, their hinges squeaked loudly. Eventually, the creaky hinges swung open with a younger, brown haired, freckled boy standing just inside, looking at me. The device covers the gap created on a door hinge when it is open and prevents fingers being trapped in the door. The fanfare began, and the elaborate gold embroidered doors opened, the hinges creaking from the weight. 1.1Biology A natural joint which performs a function similar to that of a man-made hinge, for example that of a bivalve shell. 〔生〕铰合部（如双壳贝的节点） Example sentencesExamples Your elbow joints are simple hinges, and they can bend only one way and on a direct line. A good analog of the decrescent side is the interarea of brachiopods or the hinge area of bivalves. The hinge ligament of bivalve shell is an example of a complex development. Dr. Borje Walldius in Sweden replaced knees in 1953 with a simple hinge joint but knees are complex and these replacements often loosened. With pushdowns, make sure the only things moving are your forearms via the hinge joint at your elbows. 1.2 A central or pivotal point or principle on which everything depends. 枢纽，关键 this period can be called the hinge of history 这段时间可以称之为历史的转折点。 Example sentencesExamples He was also the hinge and the catalyst for the largest covert operation in history - the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. I think it's important to recognize that we are at the hinge of history. These are at least nation-scale questions, ones whose answers turn the hinges of history. So the 1530's is indeed the hinge decade for English history. Cop Rock represents a hinge, a pivotal point on the door of possibility. Only now are we beginning to sense a hinge in history, a time when the earth is beginning to move beneath our feet. The Association was formed at a fateful turning of the hinge of our strategic history - the fall of Saigon in 1975. It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history. verbhinged, hinging, hinges, hingeing hɪn(d)ʒhɪndʒ [with object] 1Attach or join with or as if with a hinge. 用铰链（或像铰链一样）接合 the ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom 烫衣板固定在墙上，底部装有铰链。 Example sentencesExamples The ‘Blue Streak’ was a hinged shoulder holster that allowed one to fire at anyone who grabbed from behind without even removing the gun from the holster. The blinds are hinged so they fold compactly against the piers. The hood - like that on the Solstice - is front hinged. For ground loading and unloading the side panels of the rear fuselage are hinged for outward opening to provide wider access. The ship is optimised for roll-on/roll-off operations with all RO-RO decks fixed and a combination of fixed and hinged RO-RO ramps. The cover of the crate should be hinged and screwed on, not nailed. There were hinged shutters to fasten against the occasional dust storm. Another option is to hinge the top part so that the seat becomes a lid that you just lift up. The upper beak is hinged dorsally on a naso-frontal hinge. There were two hinged wooden boxes in the closet under the stairs. Some take the form of little chests of drawers, others have hinged lids. As for the bottom metal unit, it's a classy, all-steel affair with a straddle-type hinged floorplate. The framed certificate is stationery while the wedding picture is hinged. The plastron is often reduced and cruciform in shape and may be hinged. The tailgate is unusual in being hinged deep into the roof and having a separately opening window. The permanent sign is hinged so the words ‘Road Blocked’ can be displayed when needed. These hydraulically operated tools, which mount on the side of the tractor, are hinged for raising or lowering. Meet the trapdoor spiders, famed for their silk-lined burrows complete with emergency exits, hinged trapdoors and careful camouflage. I don't even think my brain is properly hinged inside my cranium at this moment, so how am I supposed to think? Synonyms hinged, jointed, segmented 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a door or part of a structure) hang and turn on a hinge. （门等）靠铰链（或铰合部）开合 the skull's jaw hinged down 骷髅头的下颌从铰合处下挂。 Example sentencesExamples There was a knock on the door, which hinged open momentarily. Axles and bracing struts were hinged to the bottom longerons of the fuselage. James could only stare at Ryouji with his jaw hinging like a gaping fish. Our living room window is very narrow and hinged at the top. The only way in and out was through two huge doors that hinged opposite each other. The cardboard was hinged to the table on one side so that it could flap forward toward the infant, and then all the way back, away from the infant. The two levers are hinged in the middle by the wrists and the hands. When the gallery is open, the door will hinge out into the foyer so that it offers another perspective on the building. Rudi Uhlenhaut designed the Mercedes 300 SL with the famous gull-wing doors that opened up sideways, hinged in the centre of the roof. Their tails are hinged at the base and flick up, flick up, when they land and look. The 140A has the tapered, single-strut, all-metal wing of the 150, but the flaps are hinged, not Fowler flaps. The tail fins are hinged and have a curved surface, which results in the missile spinning in flight for aerodynamic stabilisation. The corvus (Latin for crow) was a plank that was hinged at one end to the side of a Roman ship, and that had a heavy spike in the other end. The K - 2 is hinged ingeniously on the front wheel assembly, where the wheels cant in the direction of the turn. For instance the tailgate top window is hinged providing an opening for smaller items to be loaded, while the tailgate itself has good handgrips. 1.2hinge onno object Depend entirely on. 取决于 the future of the industry could hinge on the outcome of next month's election 该行业的未来取决于下个月的选举结果。 Example sentencesExamples This is when you are working to build the basic frame on which to hinge your life. Any innovator will tell you that success hinges less on getting everything right than on how you handle getting things wrong. The success of the Raiders hinges largely on the performance of their reconfigured defensive line. Your emotions are hinged upon how this guy treats you. However, no one is asking the fundamental question on which everything hinges: Why? The famous device of conflict upon which all stories are supposed to hinge starts within the writer. Now the government is drafting an update on the progress made, on which hinges the next loan disbursement of $400 million. While the success of government hinges largely on programming, governance depends on relationship building. Selling is a strange phenomenon because being successful financially in this industry hinges upon your individual performance. Indemnity hinges upon the principal continuing in business and exploiting the agent's connection. Synonyms depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be conditional be subject to, be determined by, be decided by, revolve around Derivatives hingeless adjective The helicopters have a common four-bladed, composite, hingeless, bearingless main rotor system and tail rotor, engine, avionics, software, controls and displays. Example sentencesExamples The gentle taps reverberated off the almost hingeless door, echoing through the almost stereotypically empty town. The hingeless frame is constructed of yet another proprietary Oakley material or technology saddled with a too-hip name: Unobtanium. The existing two-bladed, semi-rigid, teetering rotor system is replaced with a four-bladed, hingeless, bearingless rotor system. Origin Middle English henge; related to hang. hang from Old English: To hang someone as a punishment was originally to crucify them. Later it came to involve using a rope, now the only sense in which the past form hanged is used. But in early times it was the only possibility: hung did not appear until the 16th century. The phrase to hang fire originates with the complex firing mechanism of the old flintlock pistol. A small quantity of gunpowder would be loaded into a metal hollow above the trigger, and when the trigger was released a spark from a flint would ignite the gunpowder, which in turn would ignite the main charge, causing it to explode and propel the shot out of the barrel. Sometimes the powder in the pan would fail to explode immediately, perhaps because it was damp, and merely smoulder, causing a delay in the firearm going off. When this happened it was said to hang fire. See also half. The hinge (Middle English) on which you hang a door is closely related to hang. Rhymes binge, cringe, fringe, impinge, singe, springe, swinge, syringe, tinge, twinge, whinge Definition of hinge in US English: hinge nounhɪndʒhinj 1A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects. 铰链 Example sentencesExamples The device covers the gap created on a door hinge when it is open and prevents fingers being trapped in the door. She put a finger to her lips toward him, and then quietly pushed the door open on well-oiled hinges. He stroked the metal surface, and not knowing how it all happened, slowly caused the door to swing on its hinges and open. There was a knock on my door, and it swung open on its hinges. Gloriana pointed to the window swinging open on its hinge. With a slow creaking of hinges, the door opened to admit cold air and a midnight visitor. The fanfare began, and the elaborate gold embroidered doors opened, the hinges creaking from the weight. The door with different hinges opened suddenly, revealing Armand and behind him a stone spiral staircase leading upwards. He was surprised to see the house as it was; curtains flying all over the place, doors swinging on their hinges. He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly. The door stood open, its hinges and locking mechanisms smashed. Alice closed the door almost all the way but had to stop as she heard the front door swing open on squeaky hinges. The door squeaked on its hinges and opened to a musty hall. Bruth swung the door open on its hinge, and followed Kaltag outside. He flipped the hinge and the door opened, revealing several small boxes. It swung open on oiled hinges to reveal two rooms. As Teta carefully pulled the double doors open, their hinges squeaked loudly. Eventually, the creaky hinges swung open with a younger, brown haired, freckled boy standing just inside, looking at me. I threw the weight of my body against the door and forced it to swing open on its hinges. The door swung off the hinges and landed on the floor with a crash, exposing 3 Nazi officials. 1.1Biology A natural joint that performs a function similar to a hinge, for example that of a bivalve shell. 〔生〕铰合部（如双壳贝的节点） Example sentencesExamples Dr. Borje Walldius in Sweden replaced knees in 1953 with a simple hinge joint but knees are complex and these replacements often loosened. Your elbow joints are simple hinges, and they can bend only one way and on a direct line. The hinge ligament of bivalve shell is an example of a complex development. A good analog of the decrescent side is the interarea of brachiopods or the hinge area of bivalves. With pushdowns, make sure the only things moving are your forearms via the hinge joint at your elbows. 1.2 A central point or principle on which everything depends. 枢纽，关键 this period can be called the hinge of history 这段时间可以称之为历史的转折点。 Example sentencesExamples Cop Rock represents a hinge, a pivotal point on the door of possibility. So the 1530's is indeed the hinge decade for English history. I think it's important to recognize that we are at the hinge of history. It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history. These are at least nation-scale questions, ones whose answers turn the hinges of history. The Association was formed at a fateful turning of the hinge of our strategic history - the fall of Saigon in 1975. He was also the hinge and the catalyst for the largest covert operation in history - the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Only now are we beginning to sense a hinge in history, a time when the earth is beginning to move beneath our feet. verbhɪndʒhinj [with object] 1Attach or join with or as if with a hinge. 用铰链（或像铰链一样）接合 the ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom 烫衣板固定在墙上，底部装有铰链。 Example sentencesExamples There were two hinged wooden boxes in the closet under the stairs. The ship is optimised for roll-on/roll-off operations with all RO-RO decks fixed and a combination of fixed and hinged RO-RO ramps. Meet the trapdoor spiders, famed for their silk-lined burrows complete with emergency exits, hinged trapdoors and careful camouflage. The ‘Blue Streak’ was a hinged shoulder holster that allowed one to fire at anyone who grabbed from behind without even removing the gun from the holster. Some take the form of little chests of drawers, others have hinged lids. The blinds are hinged so they fold compactly against the piers. The cover of the crate should be hinged and screwed on, not nailed. These hydraulically operated tools, which mount on the side of the tractor, are hinged for raising or lowering. The plastron is often reduced and cruciform in shape and may be hinged. The upper beak is hinged dorsally on a naso-frontal hinge. There were hinged shutters to fasten against the occasional dust storm. Another option is to hinge the top part so that the seat becomes a lid that you just lift up. The tailgate is unusual in being hinged deep into the roof and having a separately opening window. The hood - like that on the Solstice - is front hinged. I don't even think my brain is properly hinged inside my cranium at this moment, so how am I supposed to think? The framed certificate is stationery while the wedding picture is hinged. As for the bottom metal unit, it's a classy, all-steel affair with a straddle-type hinged floorplate. The permanent sign is hinged so the words ‘Road Blocked’ can be displayed when needed. For ground loading and unloading the side panels of the rear fuselage are hinged for outward opening to provide wider access. Synonyms hinged, jointed, segmented 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a door or part of a structure) hang and turn on a hinge. （门等）靠铰链（或铰合部）开合 the skull's jaw hinged down 骷髅头的下颌从铰合处下挂。 Example sentencesExamples When the gallery is open, the door will hinge out into the foyer so that it offers another perspective on the building. The 140A has the tapered, single-strut, all-metal wing of the 150, but the flaps are hinged, not Fowler flaps. Our living room window is very narrow and hinged at the top. The tail fins are hinged and have a curved surface, which results in the missile spinning in flight for aerodynamic stabilisation. The corvus (Latin for crow) was a plank that was hinged at one end to the side of a Roman ship, and that had a heavy spike in the other end. Their tails are hinged at the base and flick up, flick up, when they land and look. The two levers are hinged in the middle by the wrists and the hands. The cardboard was hinged to the table on one side so that it could flap forward toward the infant, and then all the way back, away from the infant. Axles and bracing struts were hinged to the bottom longerons of the fuselage. The K - 2 is hinged ingeniously on the front wheel assembly, where the wheels cant in the direction of the turn. There was a knock on the door, which hinged open momentarily. James could only stare at Ryouji with his jaw hinging like a gaping fish. For instance the tailgate top window is hinged providing an opening for smaller items to be loaded, while the tailgate itself has good handgrips. Rudi Uhlenhaut designed the Mercedes 300 SL with the famous gull-wing doors that opened up sideways, hinged in the centre of the roof. The only way in and out was through two huge doors that hinged opposite each other. 1.2hinge onno object Depend entirely on. 取决于 the future of the industry could hinge on the outcome of next month's election 该行业的未来取决于下个月的选举结果。 Example sentencesExamples Now the government is drafting an update on the progress made, on which hinges the next loan disbursement of $400 million. Selling is a strange phenomenon because being successful financially in this industry hinges upon your individual performance. The success of the Raiders hinges largely on the performance of their reconfigured defensive line. Indemnity hinges upon the principal continuing in business and exploiting the agent's connection. The famous device of conflict upon which all stories are supposed to hinge starts within the writer. Any innovator will tell you that success hinges less on getting everything right than on how you handle getting things wrong. This is when you are working to build the basic frame on which to hinge your life. While the success of government hinges largely on programming, governance depends on relationship building. However, no one is asking the fundamental question on which everything hinges: Why? Your emotions are hinged upon how this guy treats you. Synonyms depend, hang, rest, turn, pivot, centre, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be conditional Origin Middle English henge; related to hang.
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