hinge
铰链,铰链式,枢轴,合合
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Definitions
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- : a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- : a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell.
- : that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor.
- : 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.
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hinged, hing·ing.
- : to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge: Everything hinges on his decision.
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hinged, hing·ing.
- : to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges.
- : to attach as if by a hinge.
- : to make or consider as dependent upon; predicate: He hinged his action on future sales.
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Examples
India’s mass immunisation plan for Covid-19 hinges on some of the lowest-paid workers in its healthcare system.
Irrespective of the type of business you run, the future growth of your business hinges on one thing – your customer acquisition strategy.
As an example, he contrasted a door hinge and a hinge of another sort—the ear of a house pet.
The health of our local economy hinges on the health of San Diegans.
The legality of this sale hinges on whether the home was purchased at fair market value.
Complete male reproductive independence would also hinge on artificial womb technology, which also made headlines in 2014.
Race relations in Saint Louis could hinge on the outcome of this announcement.
The game is almost certain to hinge on how well Manning and his receivers fare against Sherman and company.
The jokes hinge on stereotypes: black people like curvy women and know how to get down on a dance floor.
Much will hinge on what happens in 2014, in the coming crisis negotiations and then in the elections.
Never did events of the utmost magnitude hinge on incidents so trivial to the community at large.
Laidlaw threw his heavy bulk against the door, burst lock and hinge, and sent it flat on the garret floor.
The mast is on a hinge, so that it can turn down backward, and lie along flat on the deck of the boat.
And that told me a good many things, as it was the hand that had rested against the upper hinge of the door.
A hinge was made from heavy elastic bands to allow for two dozen cards in the frame at one time.