noun🔗Share铰链，合页 A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc."The squeaky hinges on the old gate made it hard to sneak out. "老旧大门上吱吱作响的铰链，让人很难偷偷溜出去。partdevicebuildingarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share铰链，关节。 A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve."The clam opened easily because its hinges were still flexible. "这蛤蜊很容易就打开了，因为它像铰链一样的关节还很灵活。biologyanimalpartnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share邮票贴，护邮片。 A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album."He carefully mounted his antique stamps in the album using hinges to avoid damaging them. "他小心地用邮票贴将他的古董邮票固定在集邮册里，以避免损坏它们。stationeryitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share枢纽, 关键。 A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend."This argument was the hinge on which the question turned."这个论点是整个问题转变的枢纽。theoryphilosophylogicpointtimeeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share四分位数，铰链. The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution."Example Sentence: "When the math teacher divided the students' test scores into two groups, the hinges were used to find the average high score of the lower half and the average low score of the upper half." "当数学老师把学生们的考试分数分成两组后，他用“四分位数”（铰链）来找出较低一半分数的平均最高分和较高一半分数的平均最低分。mathstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share东西南北 One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south."The old map in the attic was so faded, we could barely make out the hinges marking the cardinal directions. "阁楼里的旧地图褪色太严重了，我们几乎看不清标示东西南北四个方位的标记了。directiongeographyplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share装铰链，用铰连接。 To attach by, or equip with a hinge."My dad hinges the new gate to the fence so it can swing open and closed. "我爸把新门用铰链连接到栅栏上，这样门就可以来回打开和关上了。architecturepartbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share取决于, 依赖于。 (with on or upon) To depend on something."Whether or not we go to the beach hinges on the weather. "我们去不去海滩取决于天气。conditionsituationoutcomeaspectChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share铰接，断裂。 The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break."The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core."石片在石核的包裹体处断裂。archaeologygeologymaterialtechnicalscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share铰接，弯曲。 To bend."The metal door hinges slowly as I push it open. "当我推开那扇金属门时，它缓缓地铰接弯曲。partactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
