| 单词 | hoist |
| 释义 | hoist1 /hɔɪst/ (also hoist up) verb [transitive] 1 LIFTto raise, lift, or pull something up, especially using ropes 〔尤指用绳子〕吊起，升起，提起 The crew hurried to hoist the flag. 船员们急忙把旗子升起来。► see thesaurus at lift2. be hoist with/by your own petard formalHARM/BE BAD FOR to be harmed or embarrassed by the plans you had made to hurt other people – often used humorously 搬起石头砸自己的脚，害人反害己〔常为幽默用法〕→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushoist• Bill Maher hoists a fat folder filled with newspaper clippings on to a virtually empty desk in his new Los Angeles office.• The crowd hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him triumphantly down the main street.• Joe picked up the sack and hoisted it onto the truck.• We fired, I think, about six shots when our recall signal was hoisted on the Cumberland.• Upon arrival at the docks, the Spitfires were immediately hoisted on to the carrier deck.• The plan, evidently, is to hoist Pretoria with its own petard.• Fathers hoisted sons on their shoulders to see Mr. Mandela.• A school custodian hoisted the American flag every morning.• Three burly workmen duly arrived, complete with truck and mini-crane, to hoist the heavy bins into position.• A third, operating the crane, which commands the entire foundry floor, hoists the ladle.• She parked the car and hoisted the plastic carriers from the boot, perching the flat, be-ribboned pâtisserie box on top.Related topics: Daily lifehoist2 noun 1 D[countable] a piece of equipment used for lifting heavy objects with ropes 吊升机械，起重机 → crane a boat hoist 吊艇机2 [usually singular]UPLIFT a movement that lifts something up 吊起，提起，升起 Give me a hoist onto your shoulders. 你把我扛到肩膀上吧。Examples from the Corpushoist• When possible, lifting should be avoided and appropriate equipment, such as a hoist, used in preference.• Tregoning will never operate a hoist again, not in California.• High Street banks raised their lending rates by two percent following the Government's initial interest rate hoist.• It was the hoist for the backhoe.• The hoist turned, and the bell was allowed to 42 slide down to touch the calm surface of the water.From Longman Business Dictionaryhoisthoist /hɔɪst/ verb [transitive] to increase something quickly or suddenlyThe state is getting ready to hoist its sales tax next week. —hoist noun [countable]High Street banks raised their lending rates by 2% following the Government’s initialinterest rate hoist.→ See Verb tableOrigin hoist1 (1500-1600) hoise “to lift” ((15-19 centuries)), probably from Middle Dutch hischenhoist1 verbhoist2 nounChinese or something especially pull raise, Corpus using lift, ropes up, Business to |
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