hoisting [化] 吊装; 提升
Hoist \Hoist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoisted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hoisting}.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin
to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.]
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a
desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a
heavy package or weight.
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. --Pope.
Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South.
{Hoisting engine}, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
- "The Pakistani government doesn't want to finish this game," the orange-squash vendor continues, hoisting himself onto Mr. Rahman's oilcloth-covered counter and sitting there cross-legged.
- A mahout holds the elephant's tail in a semicircle, providing a toehold for the player to scramble atop the beast's back, hoisting himself up with ropes.
- Holzinger said a crane operator working at a hotel construction site had trouble while hoisting a bucket filled with about 6,000 pounds of wet concrete to the rooftop of the building.
- Mujahideen began hijacking a few cars and trucks, hoisting the green Islamic flag and touring the town crying jubilant slogans.
- Germans from both sides held impromptu dances atop the wall, hoisting people up from both sides to join them.
- Mr Small delivers a lecture on the dangers of improvised hoisting gear.
- And on Charter Day, April 29, the contraption will be wheeled out to the campus pond to demonstrate the power of the fruit by hoisting a tractor.
- Hold on."' After the car stopped, Stephan clambered out the window and onto the hood of the car before hoisting himself up onto the surface of the bridge's lower deck.
- Students hoisting banners with the names of their schools filed quietly into a park.