hoist
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
raise (sth) by means of ropes, special apparatus, etc (用绳索、 专门器械等)提升(某物)
hoist a flag, the sails 升旗、 帆
hoisting crates aboard ship 将板条箱吊上船
hoist in the boats, ie raise them from the water up to the deck 将小船从水面吊至甲板上
The fireman hoisted the boy (up) onto his shoulders. 消防队员把那男孩举到自己的双肩上.
2 (idm 习语) (be) hoist with one's own petard (be) caught or injured by what one intended as a trick for others 自食其果; 害人反害己. hoist, n
1 (usu sing 通常作单数) pull or push up; lift 吊起; 举起; 提升
Give me a hoist (up), eg when climbing a wall. 往上推我一下(如爬墙时).
2 apparatus for hoisting things 起重器械.
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