hoistとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /hɔɪst/
• ハイフネーション: hoist
• 韻: -ɔɪst

動詞

hoist (三人称単数 現在形 hoists, 現在分詞 hoisting, 過去形および過去分詞形 hoisted または hoist)

1. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise または lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle または pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package または weight).
   • Alexander Pope

     They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.

   • South

     hoisting him into his father's throne

   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

     ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.

2. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
3. (intransitive) To be lifted up.
4. (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

使用する際の注意点

• "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".

引用

• They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. — Alexander Pope
• Hoisting him into his father’s throne. — Robert South

派生語

• hoist with one's own petard

名詞

hoist (複数形 hoists)

1. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.

   Give me a hoist over that wall.

3. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
4. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
5. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

参照

• hoist on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• histo, histo-, hoits, shito