hoist

hoist

英 [hɒɪst]
　　美 [hɔɪst]

n. 起重機；升起，吊起
　　vi. 升起；吊起
　　vt. （用繩索，起重機等）使升起
　　n. (Hoist)人名；(英)霍伊斯特

中文詞源：

hoist 提升，拉起

詞源不詳。

例句：

1. Materials are elevated to the top floor by the new hoist.
材料由那臺新起重機吊到樓頂.

2. Hoist the flag to the top of the pole.
把旗升到旗桿頂端.

3. By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.
搬運工人用吊車才把鋼琴吊到3樓.

4. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
不過，學生們聰明反被聰明誤，格拉納達最終還是決定要轉播這個節目。

5. It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
設圈套陷害他的對手固然是個妙計, 可是到頭來卻是作法自斃.