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词汇 hoist
释义 hoist
verb[ T ]
uk /hɔɪst/ us /hɔɪst/
to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine: (用绳子或机械)抬起,吊起
A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.直升机将桥梁的最后一部分吊装到位。
With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders.他费了些力气才把她扛到自己肩上。
I scrabbled for a handhold and hoisted myself up.我胡乱抓住一个支撑点爬了上去。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move from a lower position to a higher position
liftI can't lift my arm past this point without pain.
raiseRaise your hand if you have a question, please.
elevatePut pressure on the wound and keep the injured limb elevated.
pick upIf the baby cries, pick him up and cuddle him.
scoop upShe scooped up the crying toddler and carried him off to his cot.
 hoist a flag
to raise a flag to the top of a pole using a rope: 升旗
When you win an event, they hoist your country's flag and play the national anthem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Raising and lowering
depress
elevate
elevated
hike
hike something up
hoick
hold
hold up
jack
lift
prick (something) up
prise
prize
pry
put something up
raise
re-erect
ride
undulation
winch

Idiom


be hoist(ed) with/by your own petard
hoist
noun[ C ]
uk /hɔɪst/ us /hɔɪst/
a device used for lifting heavy things起重机
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - general words
3-D printer
animatronic
applicator
automated
automation
backhoe
chuck
coffee machine
convenience
Heath Robinson
humanoid
immobilizer
roller
snow thrower
stacker
stump grinder
supersensitivity
synchrotron
valve
workhorse

hoist | American Dictionary


hoist
verb[ T ]
us/hɔɪst/
to lift something heavy, often with special equipment:
Tomorrow the final section of the bridge will be hoisted into place.

hoist | Business English


hoist
verb[ T ]
uk /hɔɪst/us
to increase something:
The Bank of England hoisted its base rate to 3.75%.
hoist
noun[ C ]
uk /hɔɪst/us
an act of increasing something:
the bank's interest rate hoist

Examples of hoist


hoist
A chair, for example, affords for an adult the options of sitting on, standing on, or even hoisting as a defense against snarling dogs.
Similarly, although albino rats press a bar to eliminate the distress of a hoisted animal, they do not press a bar to eliminate the distress of a conspecific being shocked.
All three hoists were then idle for four hours.
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Every month sees the balance of insecurity hoisted a little higher.
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The cutter could neither be hoisted owing to the sea alongside, nor moored safely astern.
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In most sheds there are coal or ash hoists, inspection pits and workshops equipped with an extensive range of tools, many of them power operated.
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I do not find that any of them are hoisting flags of distress.
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One hoisted one flag and one showed another.
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They were promised two years' hard slog, with growth stifled, taxes hoisted, prices soaring, employment falling.
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They can only be hoisted into a specially adapted vehicle.
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There remain then twenty-three admirals who have hoisted their flags.
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There were nine industrial deaths due to vehicles—not necessarily cars—falling from jacks, ramps or hoists between 1978 and 1980.
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If that does not work, they are hoisted out of bed.
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We have been hoisted by the fact that local government reorganisation committed local authorities to greater expenditure.
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If they are right, then at last the signal is hoisted that our decline has begun, and will continue.
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