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unhinge

/uhn-hinj/US // ʌnˈhɪndʒ //UK // (ʌnˈhɪndʒ) //

解开,解除铰链,卸下铰链,解除铰链的作用

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·hinged, un·hing·ing.

    • : to remove from hinges.
    • : to open wide by or as if by removing supporting hinges: to unhinge one's jaws.
    • : to upset; unbalance; disorient; throw into confusion or turmoil: to unhinge the mind.
    • : to dislocate or disrupt the normal operation of; unsettle: to unhinge plans.
    • : to detach or separate from something.
    • : to cause to waver or vacillate: to unhinge supporters of conservative policies.

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Examples

  • I let my belly unhinge and got back in my starting stance in front of my partner.

  • I know any sort of middle ground will unhinge lefties and righties both, but don't despair.

  • Her spirit must inevitably be sorely tried during coming events, and very little more might serve to unhinge her mind.

  • Doubtless I shall become hardened to the horrors of war in time, my boy; but at present these things unhinge me.

  • This spiritualistic faith is mighty pretty on the face of it, but it seems to unhinge people's minds.

  • By admitting that the less may rule or sequester themselves from the greater, we unhinge all government.

  • These continual cries, and the agitations of the body with which they were attended, naturally unhinge the whole frame.