with obj.
1- raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys(用绳索和滑轮装置)升起, 吊起:
a white flag was hoisted.
一面白旗扯了起来。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial raise or haul up抬高, 提起, 举起:
she hoisted her backpack on to her shoulder.
她把背包提拉到自己的肩上。
1
- an act of raising or lifting something升起, 提起, 举起。
1.1
- figurative an act of increasing something〈喻〉增加, 抬高:
the government's interest rate hoist.
政府的利率提高。
1.2
- 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。
短语
hoist one's flag
- (of an admiral) take up command(舰队司令)升起司令旗, 开始行使指挥权。
hoist the flag
- 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
- 见PETARD.
派生词
hoister
noun词源
late 15th cent.: alteration of dialect hoise, probably from Dutch hijsen or Low German hiesen, but recorded earlier.