| 单词 | hoist |
| 释义 | hoist —hoister, n. /hoyst/ or, sometimes, /huyst/, v.t. 1. to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail. 2. to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (esp. beer or whiskey) with gusto: Let's go hoist a few beers. 3. Archaic. a pt. and pp. of hoise. 4. hoist with or by one's own petard. See petard (def. 4). n. 5. an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane. 6. act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end. 7. Naut. a. the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Cf. drop (def. 28). b. the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard. c. the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff. d. a number of flags raised together as a signal. 8. (on a flag) a. the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff. b. the edge running next to the staff. Cf. fly (def. 36b). [1540-50; later var. of HOISE, with -t as in AGAINST, etc.] Syn. 1. elevate. See raise. Ant. 1. lower. |
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