/hɔɪst; hɔɪst/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] raise (sth) by means of ropes, special apparatus, etc （用绳索、专门器械等）提升（某物）
*hoist a flag, the sails 升旗、帆
* hoisting crates aboard ship 将板条箱吊上船
* hoist in the boats, ie raise them from the water up to the deck 将小船从水面吊至甲板上
* The fireman hoisted the boy (up) onto his shoulders. 消防队员把那男孩举到自己的双肩上.
2 (idm 习语) (be) hoist with one's own petard / pe5tB:d; pI`tBrd/ (be) caught or injured by what one intended as a trick for others 自食其果; 害人反害己.

n
1 (usu sing 通常作单数) pull or push up; lift 吊起; 举起; 提升
*Give me a hoist (up), eg when climbing a wall. 往上推我一下（如爬墙时）.
2 apparatus for hoisting things 起重器械.