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单词 hoist with one's own petard
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hoist /hoist/

transitive verb
  1. To lift
  2. To heave upwards
  3. To raise or move with tackle
  4. To steal (slang)
noun
  1. Act of lifting
  2. The height of a sail
  3. That part of a flag next to the mast
  4. A set of signal flags flying on a single line
  5. Tackle for lifting heavy objects
ORIGIN: Pat and pap of hoise

hoistˈer noun

  1. Someone who or something that lifts
  2. A shoplifter (slang)

hoistˈman noun

A person who works a hoist

hoistˈway noun

A hoist shaft

hoist with one's own petard

Caught in one's own trap

petard /pe-tär or -tärdˈ/

noun
  1. A case containing an explosive, used for blowing in doors, etc (Shakespeare petarˈ)
  2. A moving firework
ORIGIN: OFr, from péter to crack or explode, from L pēdere to break wind

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