vt.

1. （用繩索，起重機等）吊起；提起；舉起；升起
   A flag was hoisted on top of the building.

   大樓頂上升起一面旗幟。

vi.

1. 升起；被吊起（或提起、舉起等）

n.[C]

1. 升起；吊起；提起；舉起
   He gave me a hoist up the tree.

   他把我托舉到樹上。

2. 起吊裝置；起重機；絞車
3. （船上一次掛起的）信號旗

v.

n.

1. an act of hoisting.
2. an apparatus for hoisting something.
3. the part of a flag nearest the staff.
4. a group of flags raised as a signal.

[名]

1. 絞車。