hoist

noun

1. lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

verb

1. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

e.g. hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

Synonym: liftwind

2. raise

e.g. hoist the flags
hoist a sail

Synonym: run up

3. move from one place to another by lifting

e.g. They hoisted the patient onto the operating table

1. 举起;抬起;拉起
If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there.

e.g. Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel...
我把手提箱扛到肩上，转身向入住的旅馆走去。
e.g. Grabbing the side of the bunk, he hoisted himself to a sitting position.
他抓住铺位的床沿，坐起身来。

2. （用起重机等）吊起
If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane.

e.g. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower...
一个高20英尺的钢质角锥体将被吊起，安装在塔的顶部。
e.g. Then a crane hoisted him on to the platform.
然后一台升降机将他送到了舞台上。

3. 吊升机械;起重机;绞车
A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things.

hoist

4. 升（旗）;扯（帆）
If you hoist a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes.

e.g. A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument.
一群年轻人将他们的旗帜升到那座备受争议的纪念碑顶上。

5. hoist with your own petard -> see petard

1. hoist的近义词

1. 起重机：但由于潜水装太重了,琼斯已无法动弹,于是角色换至苏菲亚,使用起重机(hoist)将琼斯吊到水里面. 正当琼斯往下潜时,德军潜艇出现了,除了再度绑架苏菲亚外,还将琼斯潜水衣连接的气管剪断. 由于琼斯潜水衣内的空气只能支撑三分钟,

2. hoist的翻译

2. 吊机：F.试通中拉引张力突然增加时,为便於控制,须改以拉吊机(Hoist)慢速拉引,并依下列规定办理: