hoist

英 [hɒɪst] 美[hɔɪst]

(of an admiral) take up command

升起（舰队司令）旗帜，（舰队司令）开始行使指挥权

stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag

升旗（表示拥有所发现的领土）

1. Materials are elevated to the top floor by the new hoist.: 材料由那台新起重机吊到楼顶.

3. By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.: 搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼.

4. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.: 不过，学生们聪明反被聪明误，格拉纳达最终还是决定要转播这个节目。

5. It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.: 设圈套陷害他的对手固然是个妙计, 可是到头来却是作法自毙.