hoist

hoist
verb
  1. [with obj.]raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys
    （用绳索和滑轮装置）升起
    a white flag was hoisted.
    一面白旗升起来了。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial]raise or haul up
    抬高，提起，举起
    she hoisted her backpack on to her shoulder.
    她把背包举到自己的肩上。
noun
  1. an act of raising or lifting something
    升起，提起，举起
    ■(figurative)an act of increasing something
    (喻)增加，抬高
    the government's interest rate hoist.
    政府的利率提高。
    ■an apparatus for lifting or raising something
    升吊器械，起重机
  2. the part of a flag nearest the staff
    旗宽（贴近旗杆的部分）
  3. a group of flags raised as a signal
    （一串）信号旗
常用词组
hoist one's flag
  1. (of an admiral) take up command
    升起（舰队司令）旗帜，（舰队司令）开始行使指挥权
hoist the flag
  1. stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag
    升旗（表示拥有所发现的领土）
hoist with one's own petard
  1. 见 petard
派生
hoister
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: alteration of dialect hoise, probably from Dutch hijsen or Low German hiesen, but recorded earlier
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